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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
Wisdom, True, Nothing
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
Marriage, Good, Happy
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
Socrates
Wisdom, Wonder, Begins
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
Socrates
Nothing, Alive, Wisest
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
Socrates
Men, Divine, Souls
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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
Socrates
Religion, Good, God
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
Socrates
Nature, Wealth, Content
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Socrates
Life, Wisdom, True
An honest man is always a child.
Socrates
Honest, Child
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates
Evil, Words, Soul
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
Wedding, Good, Happy
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
Socrates
Time, Men, Yourself
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Socrates
Friendship, Art, Fall
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
Socrates
Wisdom, Knowledge, True
A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
Socrates
Emotional, True, Nothing
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
Socrates
Nothing
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
Socrates
Intelligence, Nothing
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
Socrates
Life, Busy, Beware
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
Socrates
Live, Worth, Drink
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
Socrates
Hate, Often, Deepest
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Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Socrates
Him, Himself, Move
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 and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
Socrates
Wisdom, Poetry, Mean
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
Socrates
Death, Greatest, Human
Be as you wish to seem.
Socrates
Wish, Seem
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
Socrates
Ignorance, Nothing, Fact

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Nationality: Greek
Born: 469 BC
Died: 399 BC

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