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 1     II, 16|         wise men and rich men, in answer to Hiero’s wife, who asked
 2     II, 23|          to be unpopular": or you answer, "No, it is well to be educated,
 3    III, 8 |          his advocate?", with the answer "Cleon!" On the other hand,
 4    III, 16|         find other children", the answer Herodotus’ records of the
 5    III, 17|   counter-syllogism, attempt some answer to your opponent’s speech,
 6    III, 18|       true. Having first got this answer about the other, do not
 7    III, 18|     question except by an evasive answer. If he answers "True, and
 8    III, 18|       distinctions, not by a curt answer. In meeting questions that
 9    III, 18| explanation at the outset of your answer, before your opponent asks
10    III, 18|   question, you must justify your answer. Thus when Sophocles was