I am a gadfly who God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching all of you.

Father of Western philosophy

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Context

As recounted by Plato in Apology

Date / Period

c. 399 BCE

Category

Humorous

Source

https://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html

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