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Socrates: This man, on one hand, believes that he knows something, while not knowing [anything]. On the other hand, I — equally ignorant — do not believe [that I know anything].Plato
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For to fear death, men, is in fact nothing other than to seem to be wise, but not to be so. For it is to seem to know what one does not know: no one knows whether death does not even happen to be the greatest of all goods for the human being; but people fear it as though they knew well that it is the greatest of evils.Plato
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I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.Plato
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For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.Plato
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.Socrates
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The State is like a great and noble steed who is tardy in his motions owing to his very size, and requires to be stirred into life. I am that gadfly which God has given the State and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching you. You will not easily find another like me.Plato
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.Socrates
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.Socrates
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...a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods.Socrates
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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
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You are wrong sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong.Socrates