Much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said.

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A lot of what the Romans said didn't matter, and a lot of what did matter could not be said. In other words, they spoke a lot of words that were useless, and a lot of words that served a purpose. The words were useless because they couldn't change the world. They served a purpose because they helped them to define their world.

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