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"And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all."
"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing."
"Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live."
"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."
"By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."
"By means of beauty all beautiful things become beautiful."
"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers."
"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."
"Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others."
"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."