Nice "What happens in X stays in X"

[Jesse Sheidlower]

I'm no snowclone scholar, but I was thrilled to see this
lovely example. Discussing the opening of the _Aeneid_, where
Virgil makes a reference to modern Rome (in contrast with the
historical story he's telling), a reviewer writes:

  2007 _N.Y. Rev. Bks._ 12 Apr. 24/2 The significant point is
  that the 'things since then' are there at all: the _Iliad_ and
  the _Odyssey_ do not fast-forward into the present in any
  remotely comparable way; what happens in the _Iliad_ stays in
  the _Iliad_.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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