Apology

by Plato

I found that the men most in repute were all but the most foolish; and that others less esteemed were really wiser and better.

I would rather die having spoken after my manner, than speak in your manner and live.

The difficulty, my friends, is not to avoid death, but to avoid unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways—I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.