False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. — Socrates
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
In the original Greek
τὸ μὴ καλῶς λέγειν οὐ μόνον εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο πλημμελές, ἀλλὰ καὶ κακόν τι ἐμποιεῖ ταῖς ψυχαῖς.
Other tags relating to this quote
Person
Provenance
Current citation
Socrates. Quoted in "Phaedo." Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, written by Plato, translated by G. M. A. Grube and John M. Cooper. Hackett Publishing, 2002.
Original citation
Socrates. Quoted in Φαίδων [Phaedo], written by Plato. c. 360 BC.