They tell of Themistocles, that when a certain man of high culture and eminent learning came to him and offered to instruct him in the art of memory... Themistocles replied that he would do him a much greater favor if he would teach him the art of forgetting; for I remember what I would not, and cannot forget what I would.
—Saying of Themistocles, as recorded by Cicero.
—Saying of Themistocles, as recorded by Cicero.
