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noble objects, no matter what happens to us.Phaedrus
Certainly.Socrates
We have, then, said enough about the art of speaking and that which is no art.Phaedrus
Assuredly.Socrates
But we have still to speak of propriety and impropriety in writing, how it should be done and how it is improper, have we not?Phaedrus
Yes.Socrates
Do you know how you can act or speak about rhetoric so as to please God best?Phaedrus
Not at all; do you?
Certainly.Socrates
We have, then, said enough about the art of speaking and that which is no art.Phaedrus
Assuredly.Socrates
But we have still to speak of propriety and impropriety in writing, how it should be done and how it is improper, have we not?Phaedrus
Yes.Socrates
Do you know how you can act or speak about rhetoric so as to please God best?Phaedrus
Not at all; do you?