Excerpt from Greek Wit: A Collection of Smart Sayings and Anecdotes, Translated From Greek Prose Writers I believe by far the larger part of the contents of these two volumes is quite unknown to ordinary readers, whose acquaintance with Greek literature seldom exceeds the limits of school or university reading. From Plutarch and Lucian alone an ample gleaning is still to be made, and there are several authors from Whom nothing has here been taken. I think I could engage to select materials even for a third series, if I had the time to ran sack all the works of the later Greek writers. But such a work, if worth performing, must be left to others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.