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Plato Quotes: It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.
         

It is better to be wise, and not to seem so, than to seem wise, and not be so; yet men, for the most part, desire the contrary.


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