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One Quotes by Socrates
- He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance.
- If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own…
- Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
- 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.
- Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.
- Let us reflect in this way, too, that there is good hope that death is a blessing, for it is one of two things: either…
- One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice.
- The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.
- There is but one evil, ignorance.
- Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge ...
- I only know one thing, and that is I know nothing
- See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.
- May the outward and inward man be at one.
- To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows what one does…
- The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Fellow citizens, why do you burn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom you must…
- One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.
- In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate…
- Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
- It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself,
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