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 1 2 |         the true legislator will persuade, and, if he cannot persuade,
 2 2 |      persuade, and, if he cannot persuade, will compel the poet to
 3 2 |        am not mistaken, you will persuade or compel your poets to
 4 2 |       exhibit the truth; he will persuade the citizens, in some way
 5 2 |      take as a proof that he can persuade the minds of the young of
 6 4 | arguments, Stranger, can any man persuade himself of such a monstrous
 7 4 |          Let no one, my friends, persuade us that there is any quicker
 8 4 |   shortest, because they have to persuade as well as threaten, or
 9 8 |        and he thinks that he can persuade the council and assembly,
10 8 |         his life, let him go and persuade the city, and whatever they
11 8 |     remain, may do so, if he can persuade the council and assembly.
12 9 |     until he pay the penalty, or persuade him has obtained the sentence
13 9 |        the state, then if he can persuade the city, or if he will
14 10|       first attempt to teach and persuade us that there are Gods by
15 10|      temples, and if they do not persuade them, let them inflict a
16 11|       man do know can he readily persuade others to believe him. And
17 11|     there is no use in trying to persuade them that they should despise
18 12|          will begin by trying to persuade men as far as he can. The