We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself. It seems, to judge from the argument, that the wisdom which we desire and upon which we profess to have set our hearts will be attainable only when we are dead and not in our lifetime.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

Nobody knows anything, but I, knowing nothing, am the smartest man in the world.

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.

Wisdom is knowing when you don't know

The beginning is the most important part, especially when dealing with anything young and tender.

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.