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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Themistocles

Memini etiam quæ nolo: oblivisci non possum quæ volo—I remember what I would not, and I cannot forget what I would.

Speech is like tapestry unfolded, where the imagery appears distinct; but thoughts, like tapestry in the bale, where the figures are rolled up together.Quoted by Bacon.

Strike, but hear me.To Eurybiades before battle of Salamis.

“The victory of Miltiades does not suffer me to sleep.”In reference to the battle of Marathon.