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“Here,” said Socrates; “what are you about,—to make fun of me with your praises, or what?”“I shall speak the truth; now, will you permit me?”“Ah well, so long as it is the truth, I permit you and command you to speak.”“You shall hear it this moment,” said Alcibiades; “but there is something you must do. If I say anything that is false,
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.
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