Socrates quote: ...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away...

...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away...

~ Socrates ~

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...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away...

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