Plato, Gorgias, section 498b

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[498b]

Callicles
Both did, I thought; or if not that, about equally.

Socrates
No matter. Anyhow, the cowards do enjoy it?

Callicles
Very much.

Socrates
And the fools, it would seem.

Callicles
Yes.

Socrates
And when the foe advances, do the cowards alone feel pain, or the brave as well?

Callicles
Both.

Socrates
Alike?

Callicles
More, perhaps, the cowards.

Socrates
And when the foe withdraws, do they not enjoy it more?

Callicles
Perhaps.

Socrates
So the foolish and the wise, and the cowardly and the brave,

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 3 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1967.

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