Quote #52

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

More from Socrates

  1. He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
  2. I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
  3. He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
  4. I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers…
  5. Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
  6. I hold that to need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer he does approach divinity.
  7. From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
  8. I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.

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