…[F]rom me you shall hear the whole truth; not, I can assure you, gentlemen, in flowery language… decked out with fine words and phrases; no, what you will hear will be a straightforward speech in the first words that occur to me, confident as I am in the justice of my cause; and I do not want any of you to expect anything different.

…[F]rom me you shall hear the whole truth; not, I can assure you, gentlemen, in flowery language… decked out with fine words and phrases; no, what you will hear will be a straightforward speech in the first words that occur to me, confident as I am in the justice of my cause; and I do not want any of you to expect anything different.

– Socrates –

Apology

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