He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. — Socrates Copy Share Image
“...[R]eal wisdom is the property of God, and... human wisdom has little or no value.” — Socrates Copy Share Image
There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is… — Socrates Copy Share Image
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. For a man who claims to… — Socrates Copy Share Image
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The soul then, as being immortal, and having been born again many times, and having seen all things that exist, whether in… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“...[T]hese people... are my dangerous accusers; because those who hear them suppose that anyone who inquires into such matters... theories about the… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“I went to interview a man with a high reputation for wisdom, because I felt that here if anywhere I should succeed… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“I examined the poets, and I look on them as people whose talent overawes both themselves and others, people who present themselves… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual. — Socrates Copy Share Image
True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge. — Socrates Copy Share Image
“The ancient Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks,… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“...[I]n any inquiry you are likely to attain more nearly to knowledge of your object in proportion to the care and accuracy… — Socrates Copy Share Image
You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching death… — Socrates Copy Share Image
We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast… — Socrates Copy Share Image
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told. — Socrates Copy Share Image
If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years. — Socrates Copy Share Image
If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher — Socrates Copy Share Image
“For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no… — Socrates Copy Share Image
There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. — Socrates Copy Share Image
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