"[...] ὅσσα τ' ὀδόντωνἔνδοθι νείαιράν τ' εἰς ἀχάριστον ἔδυ, καὶ τῶν οὐδὲν ἔμεινεν ἐς αὔριον· ὅσσα δ' ἀκουαῖς εἰσεθέμην, ἔτι μοι μοῦνα πάρεστι τάδε."
— Callimachus

January 1, 1970

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and of all that passed my teeth and plunged into my ungrateful belly, of these too nothing remained into the morning; but only this do I still possess, what I put into my ears. — Aetia, Book II. Fr. 43. Lines 14-17. — variant translation: All that I have given to my stomach has disappeared, and I have retained all the fodder that I gave to my spirit.