Plato, Euthydemus, section 305e

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[305e] for they have dipped into both as far as they needed, and, evading all risk and struggle, are content to gather the fruits of wisdom.

Crito
Well, now, do you consider, Socrates, that there is anything in what they say? It is not to be denied that these men have some color for their statements.

Socrates
Yes, that is so, Crito; color rather than truth.

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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