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No harm can touch a good person, in life or after.

Socrates, Plato, Apology 41d

The source

"No harm can touch a good person, in life or after." Socrates said it in Plato, Apology 41d. Translated by Benjamin Jowett, 1892.

"no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death"

Benjamin Jowett, 1892, Plato, Apology 41d.

Who said it

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

Questions

Who said "No harm can touch a good person, in life or after."?
Socrates (c. 470–399 BC). Source: Plato, Apology 41d.
What is the original wording?
no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death (Benjamin Jowett, 1892). Translated by Benjamin Jowett, 1892.

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