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SOCRATES ON ORATION
Once a young man came to the great philosopher Socrates to be instructed in oratory. The moment the young man arrived, he began to speak, and there was an incessant stream for some time. When Socrates could get in a word, he said, “Young man, I will have to charge you a double fee.” “A double fee, why is that?” The old sage replied, “I will have to teach you two sciences: first, how to hold your tongue and then how to use it.”