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“Here you have the wisdom
of Socrates, to refuse himself to teach, but go about and learn from others
and not even pay thanks1 therefor.”
“That I learn from others,” I said, “you said
truly, Thrasymachus. But in saying that I do not pay thanks you are
mistaken. I pay as much as I am able. And I am able only to bestow praise.
For money I lack.2 But that I praise
right willingly those who appear to speak well you will well know forthwith
as soon as you have given your answer.
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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