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Full Idea
There is little to tell between good and bad people (e.g. cowards) in terms of how much pleasure and distress they experience.
Gist of Idea
Good and bad people seem to experience equal amounts of pleasure and pain
Source
Plato (Gorgias [c.378 BCE], 498c)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Gorgias', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP World's Classics 1994], p.90
A Reaction
A very perceptive remark. If the good are people with empathy for others, then they may suffer more distress than the insensitive wicked.