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σὺ δὲ τότε μὲν ἐκαλλωπίζου ὡς οὐκ ἀγανακτῶν εἰ δέοι τεθνάναι σε, ἀλλὰ ᾑροῦ, ὡς ἔφησθα, πρὸ τῆς φυγῆς θάνατον·
But you then put on airs and said you were not disturbed if you must die, and you preferred, as you said, death to exile.
Plato Crito 52c

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