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By Socrates
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways—I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.
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- Apology, 1892 · Apology, Stephanus 42a
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- Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Project Gutenberg text, eBook #1656)
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As reported by Plato in the Apology (Jowett translation). Socrates is the speaker, in his defence speech at his trial in 399 BC. He wrote nothing himself. These are the last words of the Apology, spoken by Socrates to the whole court.