"It is better to suffer an injustice..." - Quote by Socrates
It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one
More by Socrates
“I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest evil than to free another.”
“Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of body; and you can have this experience if your are negligent, because these things don't normally happen by themselves.”
“Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be... those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes... those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober - minded men.”
More on Justice
“Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.”
“Justice is expensive in America. There are no Free Passes... You might want to remember this, the next time you get careless and blow off a few Parking Tickets. They will come back to haunt you the next time you see a Cop car in your rear-view mirror.”
“If some are prosecuted for abusing children, others deserve to be prosecuted for maltreating the face of nature committed to their care.”
More on Morality
“It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.”
“Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.”
“Music is moral law. It is the essence of order and leads to all that is good, true and beautiful.”