Plato, Sophist, section 241c

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[241c] and they are, if I may say so, infinite.

Theaetetus
It would, apparently, be impossible to catch the sophist, if that is the case.

Stranger
Well, then, shall we weaken and give up the struggle now?

Theaetetus
No, I say; we must not do that, if we can in any way get the slightest hold of the fellow.

Stranger
Will you then pardon me, and, as your words imply, be content if I somehow withdraw just for a short distance from this strong argument of his?

Theaetetus
Of course I will.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.

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