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

Quote by Socrates

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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

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...

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain...

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain...

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

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

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

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.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

An honest man is always a child.

An honest man is always a child.

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

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 beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Death is a very narrow theme, but it reaches a wide audience.

Death is a very narrow theme, but it reaches a wide audience.

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

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

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can there will always come...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can there will always come...

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach...

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach...