Plato, Laws 805b

αὐτῶν τελῶν καὶ πόνων· καίτοι θαυμαστὸν ἂν ἁμάρτημα νομοθέτῃ τοῦτʼ αὐτὸ γίγνοιτο. ἔοικέν γε· ἔστι μέντοι πάμπολλα ἡμῖν, ὦ ξένε, παρὰ τὰς εἰωθυίας πολιτείας τῶν νῦν λεγομένων. ἀλλὰ γὰρ εἰπὼν τὸν μὲν λόγον ἐᾶσαι διεξελθεῖν, εὖ διελθόντος δέ, οὕτω τὸ δοκοῦν αἱρεῖσθαι δεῖν, μάλα εἶπές τε ἐμμελῶς, πεποίηκάς τέ με τὰ νῦν αὐτὸν ἐμαυτῷ ἐπιπλήττειν ὅτι ταῦτα εἴρηκα·

for a lawgiver to commit. So it would seem; yet truly a vast number of the things now mentioned, Stranger, are in conflict with our ordinary polities. Well, but I said that we should allow the argument to run its full course, and when this is done we should adopt the conclusion we approve. In this you spoke most reasonably; and you have made me now chide myself for what I said. So say on now what