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| | The Internet Classics Archive | Ion by Plato |
 | | O that we were wise, Ion, and that you could truly call us so; but you rhapsodes and actors, and the poets whose verses you sing, are wise; whereas I am a common man, who only speak the truth. |
 | | And you, Ion, when the name of Homer is mentioned have plenty to say, and have nothing to say of others. |
 | | Why, yes, Ion, because you may possibly have a knowledge of the art of the general as well as of the rhapsode; and you may also have a knowledge of horsemanship as well as of the lyre: and then you would know when horses were well or ill managed. |
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