I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.
You will know that the divine is so great and of such a nature that it sees and hears everything at once, is present everywhere, and is concerned with everything.
Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
Note: It is unknown whether Socrates was real, or simply an imaginary tool used in transmitting early philosophies. If real, then it is unknown just how real the image we have of Socrates is, or how far distorted from the source it has become. The image taken is from a bust of Socrates in the Louvre, edited by myself. The quotes are verified translations from surviving works attributed to the name Socrates.
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