Dialogue

 1 Intro|      discord entered in; at length the good was minimized and
 2 Intro| warfare with the beasts. At length he obtains such a measure
 3 Intro|        he pursues them to a length out of proportion to his
 4 Intro|    discourse. The excessive length of a discourse may be blamed;
 5 Intro|    once so good and of such length are known to have proceeded
 6 State|    praise or blame too much length or too much shortness in
 7 State|   SOCRATES: What? STRANGER: Length and shortness, excess and
 8 State|  only too well remember the length. I think, however, that
 9 State|  arts which measure number, length, depth, breadth, swiftness
10 State|  should praise or blame the length or shortness of discussions,
11 State|     should only want such a length as is suited to give pleasure,
12 State|  offence should be taken at length, but the longer and shorter
13 State|     to him who censures the length of discourses on such occasions