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and
strip and, snatching the first weapon that comes to hand, rush at you with
might and main, prepared to do1
dreadful deeds. And if you don't find words to defend yourself against them,
and escape their assault, then to be scorned and flouted will in very
truth2 be the penalty you will have to
pay.” “And isn't it you,” said I,
“that have brought this upon me and are to blame?”
“And a good thing, too,” said he; “but I won't
let you down, and will defend you with what I can. I can do so with my good
will and my encouragement, and perhaps I might answer your questions more
suitably3 than another.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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