And have we, at our age, been earnestly discoursing with one another all our life long only to discover that we are no better than children?

Or, in spite of the opinion of the many, and in spite of consequences whether better or worse,

shall we insist on the truth of what was then said, that injustice is always an evil and dishonour to him who acts unjustly?

Shall we say so or not?

CRITO: Yes.

SOCRATES: Then we must do no wrong?

CRITO: Certainly not.

SOCRATES: Nor, when injured, injure in return, as many imagine; for we must injure no one at all?

CRITO: Clearly not.

SOCRATES: Again, Crito, may we do evil?

CRITO: Surely not, Socrates.

SOCRATES: And what of doing evil in return for evil, which is the morality of the many

Crito by Plato