said before

In general they were not aware that much of what they said had been said before, and was even in the public record as such. It was as if there were only so many things humans could say, and over the course of history, people had therefore said them already, and would say them again, but not often remember this fact. - Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

исключительно идиотская книга, но, как уже отмечено ранее, даже в самой идиотской книге есть хотя бы один абзац, заслуживающий внимания.

см. также все уже сказано