Quote #78

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

More from Socrates

  1. The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
  2. The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
  3. The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
  4. The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall f…
  5. The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
  6. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
  7. The fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown . . . and no one knows whe…
  8. Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

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