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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.

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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.

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The unexamined life is not worth living.

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.. is there not one true coin for which all things ought to exchange?- and that is wisdom; and only in exchange for this, and in company with this, is...more

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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and th...more

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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.

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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.

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I only know that I know nothing

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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

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I went to interview a man with a high reputation for wisdom, because I felt that here if anywhere I should succeed in disproving the oracle and pointi...more

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...[R]eal wisdom is the property of God, and... human wisdom has little or no value.

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If the soul is immortal, it demands our care not only for that part of time which we call life, but for all time; and indeed it would seem now that it...more

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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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Know thyself.