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> [“To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.  No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/to-fear-death-gentlemen-is-no-other-than-to-think-oneself-wise-when/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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> [I shall never fear or avoid things of which I do not know...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/i-shall-never-fear-or-avoid-things-of-which-i-do-not-know/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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## More by Socrates

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/by-all-means-marry-if-you-get-a-good-wife-you-ll-be-happy-if-you-get/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/falling-down-is-not-a-failure-failure-comes-when-you-stay-where-you/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/do-not-go-through-life-like-leaf-blown-from-here-to-there-believing/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/if-the-whole-world-depends-on-today-s-youth-i-can-t-see-the-world/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [“I only know, I know nothing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/i-only-know-i-know-nothing/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/i-cannot-teach-anybody-anything-i-can-only-make-them-think/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/if-measure-and-symmetry-are-absent-from-any-composition-in-any-degree/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/marry-a-good-woman-and-be-happy-the-rest-of-your-life-or-marry-a-bad/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [“For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/for-the-fear-of-death-is-indeed-the-pretense-of-wisdom-and-not-real/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/there-is-no-difference-between-knowledge-and-temperance-for-he-who/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/besides-it-is-a-shame-to-let-yourself-grow-old-through-neglect-before/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/the-greatest-blessing-granted-to-mankind-come-by-way-of-madness-which/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/i-desire-only-to-know-the-truth-and-to-live-as-well-as-i-can-and-to/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/so-you-would-rather-suffer-an-injustice-than-do-an-injustice/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

> [The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/the-end-of-life-is-to-be-like-unto-god-and-the-soul-following-god/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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