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Just decline the inflation.

But no one ever did the like to Socrates. He buttonholed lots of folks and many did not like it. But they appeared to have endured it.

Collectively, and regrettably, they got even at the end. If he never swallowed a word, Socrates did swallow the hemlock.

Moreover, if no one was wiser than Socrates, social skills were not part of wisdom in those days.