- To find yourself, think for yourself. »
- Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. »
- I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. »
- 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. »
- Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . comes from virtue. »
- I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. »
- Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. »
- 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. »
- The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. »
- Envy is the ulcer of the soul. »
- I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. »
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