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Full Idea
Socrates: If I had to choose between doing wrong and having wrong done to me, I'd prefer the latter to the former.
Gist of Idea
I would rather be a victim of crime than a criminal
Source
Plato (Gorgias [c.387 BCE], 469c)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Gorgias', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP World's Classics 1994], p.40
A Reaction
cf Democritus 68B45
Related Idea
Idea 500 The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the person wronged [Democritus (attr)]