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 In Comparison with Socrates.

Pythia dubbed him a sage, when of ignorance boldly he boasted.

Friend, how much wiser art thou! What he pretended, thou art.

Sokrates.

Weil er unwissend sich rühmte, nannt' ihn Apollo den Weisen.

Freund, wie viel weiser bist du; was er blos rühmte, du bist's.