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Socrates
Then do you call a man wise who knows how to give advice, without knowing whether and when it is better to act upon it?Alcibiades
No, indeed.Socrates
Nor, I conceive, a man who knows what war is in itself, without knowing when or for how long a time it is better to make war?Alcibiades
Agreed.Socrates
Nor, again, a man who knows how to kill another, or seize his property, or make him an exile from his native land, without knowing when or to whom it is better so to behave?Alcibiades
No, to be sure.
Then do you call a man wise who knows how to give advice, without knowing whether and when it is better to act upon it?Alcibiades
No, indeed.Socrates
Nor, I conceive, a man who knows what war is in itself, without knowing when or for how long a time it is better to make war?Alcibiades
Agreed.Socrates
Nor, again, a man who knows how to kill another, or seize his property, or make him an exile from his native land, without knowing when or to whom it is better so to behave?Alcibiades
No, to be sure.
