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To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

Plato
Philosophical, Suffering, Haste
Plato (1871). “Gorgias. Philebus. Parmenides. Theaetetus. Sophist. Statesman”, p.547

To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.

Plato
Suffering, Injustice, Disgraceful
Plato (2012). “Gorgias and Timaeus”, p.117, Courier Corporation

Even in reaching for the beautiful there is beauty, and also in suffering whatever it is that one suffers en route.

Plato
Beautiful, Suffering, Reaching

Those who reproach injustice do so because they are afraid not of doing it but of suffering it.

Plato
Suffering, Injustice, Reproach
Plato, G. M. A. Grube (1992). “Republic (Grube Edition)”, p.20, Hackett Publishing

Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.

Plato
Suffering, Injustice, Censure

The only thing worse than suffering an injustice is committing an injustice.

Plato
Suffering, Injustice

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

Plato
Equality, Justice, Suffering

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