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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=459637" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Delphi, c.430 BCE</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">She saw them coming, that rainy day; <br>popped her head out of the cave, <br>saw them trudging sandalled up the hillside; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">being an oracle, she knew all the answers; <br>but had to guess the questions, or wait<br>to see what stupidity or conceit<br>framed their speech; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">upmarket bunch, this lot; not the usual<br>money market slickers whom<br>it was a pleasure to turn away..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Chaerophon addressed her: <br>was there any man who was wiser<br>than Socrates? She sighed inwardly; <br>always their leading questions<br>gave them away..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">tell them what they want to hear..<br>she did the smoke thing, but<br>the rain spoiled the trick; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">a theatrical pause always gives<br>better value, a certain weight..<br>no, she said at length, no man<br>is wiser than Socrates..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">swiftly satisfied, they turned away; <br>did not hear her add, <br>‘but his wife is wiser…’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">typical men… but she chuckled to herself<br>ironically, remembering what<br>her father said when she told him<br>she wanted to be an oracle when she grew up: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘Men think they know… but women<br>think they know better…’ Dad<br>spoke truer than he knew -<br>in her case. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She gathered her robe<br>around her; checked the time; <br>caves are OK, have a certain drama; <br>but temples, she thought, are friendlier..</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=459637" data-title="Delphi, c.430 BCE de Michael Shepherd" data-description="She saw them coming, that rainy day; popped her head out of the cave, saw them trudging sandalled up the hillside; being an oracle, she knew all the answers; but had to guess the questions, or wait to see what stupidity or conceit framed thei..."></div> </div> </div>
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