“He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life.”

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Sample from the book 'Pliny The Younger: His Words & Phrases' (Pliny The Younger As The NT Paul):

“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”
- The Iliad by Homer

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