I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Quote by Socrates

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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...

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

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...

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will...

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will...

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Be as you wish to seem.

Be as you wish to seem.

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

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

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

For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown...

For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown...

Parents just don't understand.

Parents just don't understand.