他の人が書いたものによって自分自身を向上させることに自分の時間を使いなさい、そうすれば他の人が懸命に努力して手に入れたことを簡単に手にすることができる。 - ソクラテス (紀元前469? - 前399)
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. - Socrates (469? - 399B.C.)
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