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I'd rather take the wrong than do it.

Socrates, Plato, Gorgias 469c

The source

"I'd rather take the wrong than do it." Socrates said it in Plato, Gorgias 469c. Translated by Benjamin Jowett, 1892.

"if I must choose between them, I would rather suffer than do"

Benjamin Jowett, 1892, Plato, Gorgias 469c.

Who said it

Socrates (c. 470–399 BC). The Athenian who wrote nothing and questioned everyone. We know him through Plato.

Questions

Who said "I'd rather take the wrong than do it."?
Socrates (c. 470–399 BC). Source: Plato, Gorgias 469c.
What is the original wording?
if I must choose between them, I would rather suffer than do (Benjamin Jowett, 1892). Translated by Benjamin Jowett, 1892.

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