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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "let him beat me too when i am absent.
-Jean De La Fontaine
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Socrates, When Informed Of Some Derogating Speeches

Jean De La Fontaine
Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "let him beat me too when i am absent.
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