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Socrates
Socrates. We have, then, said enough about the art of speaking and that which is no art.
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Phaedrus
Phaedrus. Assuredly.
Socrates
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?
Socrates
Socrates. Do you know how you can act or speak about rhetoric so as to please God best?
Phaedrus
Phaedrus. Not at all; do you?
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Socrates
Socrates. I can tell something I have heard of the ancients; but whether it is true, they only know. But if we ourselves should find it out, should we care any longer for human opinions?
Phaedrus
Phaedrus. A ridiculous question! But tell me what you say you have heard.
