“It was once a foible confined to the Greeks to inquire into what number of rowers Ulysses had, whether the Iliad or the Odyssey was written first, whether moreover they belong to the same author, and various other matters of this stamp, which, if you keep them to yourself, in no way pleasure your secret soul, and, if you publish then, make you more of a bore than a scholar. But now this vain passion for learning useless things has assailed the Romans also.” — Seneca
