The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. |
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live. |
He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. |
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. |
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. |
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. |
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. |
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. |
Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind. |
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. |
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it. |
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior. |
It is not living that matters, but living rightly. |
Be as you wish to seem. |
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. |
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him. |
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. |
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good. |
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. |
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. |