Plato, Symposium 216c; Seth Benardette (2001) and Benjamin Jowett (1871)
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δραπετεύω οὖν αὐτὸν καὶ φεύγω , καὶ ὅταν ἴδω , αἰσχύνομαι τὰ ὡμολογημένα . καὶ πολλάκις μὲν ἡδέως ἂν ἴδοιμι αὐτὸν μὴ ὄντα ἐν ἀνθρώποις · εἰ δ᾽ αὖ τοῦτο γένοιτο , εὖ οἶδα ὅτι πολὺ μεῖζον ἂν ἀχθοίμην , ὥστε οὐκ ἔχω ὅτι χρήσωμαι τούτωι τῶι ἀνθρώπωι .
So I have become a runaway and avoid him ; and whenever I see him , I am ashamed of what has been agreed upon . And many is the time when I should see with pleasure that he is not among human beings ; but again , if this should happen , I know well that I should be much more greatly distressed . I do not know what to do with this human being .
And therefore I run away and fly from him , and when I see him I am ashamed of what I have confessed to him . Many a time have I wished that he were dead , and yet I know that I should be much more sorry than glad , if he were to die : so that I am at my wit ' s end .