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Crito by Plato

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There are those who go against the grain
(Even if it results in pain),
And those who conform to the Many.

Socrates goes against the grain,
Yet submits himself (as he here explains)
To the punishment willed by the Many.

He could disobey the verdict,
And flee like a lonesome hermit,
But thought it would harm the city.

As his nationalism was earnest,
If the polis wronged his person
He’d abide, not flee from self-pity.



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