But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs swifter than death.
Father of Western philosophy
But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs swifter than death.
Father of Western philosophy
Plato's Apology, reflecting on his impending death
c. 399 BCE
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