![IMAGE: Wise men speak [talk] because they have something to say; fools (speak [talk]) because they have to say something.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/bronze-610837_640.jpg)
Wise men speak [talk] because they have something to say; fools (speak [talk]) because they have to say something. - Plato [Platon] (427 - 347B.C.)
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賢明な人が話すのは言わなければならない何かのため； 愚かな人が話すのは何か言わなければならないため。［賢明な人は言うべき何かがあるので話す； 愚かな人は何か言うべきなので話す。］ - プラトン (紀元前427 - 前347)（【訳】岡本健 (1963 - )）
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