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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
Socrates
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
Socrates
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Socrates
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
Socrates
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 and depart.
Socrates
It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
Socrates
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Socrates
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Socrates
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
Socrates
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
Socrates
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
Socrates
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
Socrates
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
Socrates
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
Socrates
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
Socrates
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Socrates
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
Socrates
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