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🏺 Philosophy
“I know that I know nothing.”
Socrates foundational insight that true wisdom begins with acknowledging ignorance.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
— Socrates
“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”
“The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.”
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.”
“The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.”
— Baltasar Gracián
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
— Saint Augustine
“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.”
— Menander
“Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.”
— Hippocrates
“Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.”
— Unknown
“One who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
— Lao Tzu
“We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us.”
— Marcel Proust
