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- There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Under every stone lurks a politician.
- Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC), Thesmophoriazusae, 410 B.C.
- Friends have all things in common.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Phaedrus
- Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Phaedo
- The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Phaedo
- False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Phaedo
- [When asked what was the proper time for supper] If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
- Diogenes the Cynic (412 BC - 323 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Hope is a waking dream.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
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