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Wisdom is knowing when you don't know
Socrates
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Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.
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The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.
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The same wind is blowing, and yet one of us may be cold and the other not.
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I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
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wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state
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It is better to be at odds with the whole world than, being one, to be at odds with myself.
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I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.
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I shall never fear or avoid things of which I do not know.
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I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.
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If you will take my advice you will think little of Socrates, and a great deal more of truth.
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How many things I can do without!
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Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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