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Socrates most important quotes

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” “The unexamined life is not worth living.” “There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.” “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think” “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” “Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.” “By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.” “He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.” “If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.” “Sometimes you put walls up not to