Dialogue

 1 Phaedr|    professes that he will not leave him until he has delivered
 2 Phaedr|  contention, to turn away and leave the plain of truth. But
 3 Phaedr|      whole soul. At last they leave the body and proceed on
 4 Phaedr|     conceit with himself, and leave off making speeches, for
 5 Phaedr|       invention; but when you leave the commonplaces, then there
 6 Phaedr| neither day nor night will he leave him if he can help; necessity
 7 Phaedr|       on the other hand, they leave philosophy and lead the
 8 Phaedr|      nine thousand years, and leave you a fool in the world
 9 Phaedr|     is my meaning. But let us leave them. And do you tell me,
10 Phaedr|     very important.~SOCRATES: Leave the unimportant and let
11 Phaedr|   Thamus or Ammon, who should leave in writing or receive in
12 Phaedr|       spoken arguments, which leave their writings poor in comparison