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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.

Socrates

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Intelligence Knowledge Wisdom
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Life Ourself Realize Understand Wisdom World
Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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Fools Kindness People Philosophy Wise
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Death Fear Gentlemen Oneself Thinking Wise
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.
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Decide Deliver Enable Inspirational Instinct Poet Poetry Wisdom
An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Consider Inspirational Life Live One Liner Worth
There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Evil Greatness Hate Reason Suffering
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beginning One Liner Wisdom Wonder
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Capacity Development-q Enjoyment Finding Happiness Secret Seek
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be Yourself Greatness Honour Live Pretend
I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Believe Excellence Human Intelligence Oneself
When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Bad Breathe Insight Wisdom
Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Beautiful Man Peace Soul
Wisdom begins in wonder.
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One Liner Wisdom Wonder
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Contentment Depart Equality Misfortune
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Divine Immortal Men Peace Soul

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