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

Quote by Socrates

Topics: Evil Quotes, Ignorance Quotes

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good...

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good...

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing...

Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing...

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

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...

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you...

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you...

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in...

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in...

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Be as you wish to seem.

Be as you wish to seem.