Plato, Euthyphro, section 8e

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[8e] has the face to say that he who does wrong ought not to pay the penalty.

Euthyphro
Yes, you are right about this, Socrates, in the main.

Socrates
But I think, Euthyphro, those who dispute, both men and gods, if the gods do dispute, dispute about each separate act. When they differ with one another about any act, some say it was right and others that it was wrong. Is it not so?

Euthyphro
Certainly.

Socrates
Come now, my dear Euthyphro,

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 1 translated by Harold North Fowler; Introduction by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1966.

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