The art of measurement, by showing us the truth would have brought our soul into the repose of abiding by the truth, and so would have saved our life.
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Let us hold our discussion together in our own persons, making trial of the truth and of ourselves.
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Man is the measure of all things.
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The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all.
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As to gods, I have no way of knowing either that they exist or do not exist, or what they are like.
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