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Socrates Quotes: Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
         

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.


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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
         



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