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“But furthermore,
he who lives well is blessed and happy, and he who does not the
contrary.” “Of course.” “Then the
just is happy and the unjust miserable.” “So be
it,” he said. “But it surely does not pay to be
miserable, but to be happy.” “Of course not.”
“Never, then, most worshipful Thrasymachus, can injustice be more
profitable than justice.” “Let this complete your
entertainment, Socrates, at the festival of Bendis.” “A
feast furnished by you, Thrasymachus,” I said, “now that
you have become gentle with me and are no longer angry.1 I have not dined well,
however—
1 For similar irony Cf. Gorgias 489 D, Euthydemus 304 C.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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