"All I know is that I do..." - Quote by Socrates
All I know is that I do not know anything
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“All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth”
“There are beds and tables in the world - plenty of them, are there not? But there are only two ideas or forms of them - one the idea of a bed, the other of a table.”
“Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.”
More on Knowledge
“Nature does not suffer her veil to be taken from her, and what she does not choose to reveal to the spirit, thou wilt not wrest from her by levers and screws.”
“One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem,above all other sciences,isthat its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable,while those of allother sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of beingoverthrown by newly discovered facts.”
“If you feed your mind as often as you feed your stomach, then you'll never have to worry about feeding your stomach or a roof over your head or clothes on your back.”
More on Humility
“These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: to care, to be fair, to be humble.”
“There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain't a thing.”
“We may elevate ourselves but we should never reach so high that we would every forget those who helped us get there.”