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• He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge
  and one only evil, namely, ignorance. -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates, xiv...
• Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule in his comedies, as making the worse appear the better reason.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates, v...
• He declared that he knew nothing, except the fact of his ignorance.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates, xvi...
• Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it.
  Said he, "That when they speak truth they are not believed....
• Often when he was looking on at auctions he would say, "How many things there are which I do not need!
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates, x...
• Being asked whether it was better to marry or not, he replied, "Whichever you do, you will repent it.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates, xvi...
• He used to say that other men lived to eat, but that he ate to live.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Socrates, xvi...
• Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. -- Socrate