Dialogue

 1 Intro|     almost as soon as they can speak, and is continued by the
 2 Intro|      he must beg Protagoras to speak shorter. As Protagoras declines
 3 Intro|        admits his inability to speak long; will Protagoras in
 4 Intro|   acknowledge his inability to speak short?~Counsels of moderation
 5  Prot|     now, in order that you may speak to him on my behalf; for
 6  Prot|       Do you wish, he said, to speak with me alone, or in the
 7  Prot|      whether you would wish to speak to him of your teaching
 8  Prot|       with you, if you want to speak with me, in the presence
 9  Prot|         and he will be able to speak and act for the best in
10  Prot|    like? Shall I, as an elder, speak to you as younger men in
11  Prot|    heard, I said, that you can speak and teach others to speak
12  Prot|      speak and teach others to speak about the same things at
13  Prot|    capable of either, ought to speak shorter as I beg you, and
14  Prot| Protagoras may fairly claim to speak in his own way, just as
15  Prot|      way, just as you claim to speak in yours.~Here Alcibiades
16  Prot|      domain of poetry; we will speak as before of virtue, but
17  Prot|     who has been accustomed to speak a barbarous language, is
18  Prot|      unless you suppose him to speak with a hostile reference
19  Prot|     think about that. When you speak of brave men, do you mean
20  Prot|        say: ‘Friends, when you speak of goods being painful,
21  Prot|       you spend many words and speak in many ways on this subject?’
22  Prot|      cannot deny. And when you speak of being overcome—‘what