Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Quote by Socrates

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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in...

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in...

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true...

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true...

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

The hottest love has the coldest end

The hottest love has the coldest end

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only...

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only...

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that...

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that...

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it...

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it...