Socrates Quotes - Page 2

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
-Socrates

"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate."
-Socrates

"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

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."
-Socrates in Knowledge quotes.

"There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance."
-Socrates in Knowledge quotes.

"But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God."
-Socrates

"And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all."
-Socrates

"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."
-Socrates

"Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods."
-Socrates

"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."
-Socrates

"Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity."
-Socrates

"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing."
-Socrates

"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."
-Socrates

"Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing."
-Socrates

"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."
-Socrates in Reputation quotes.

"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."
-Socrates