Socrates — "I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you."
I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you.
Get This Quote & Author's Image Illustrated On:
Click any product to generate a realistic preview. Up to 3 at a time.
* Initial load can take up to 90 seconds — revising the preview in another color is nearly instant.
Kitchen
Apparel
Other
More from Socrates
"The soul can have no escape of security from evil except by becoming as good and wise as it possibly can. For it takes nothing with it to the next world except its education and training..."
"A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time."
"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."
"And so the probable outcome of too much freedom is only too much slavery in the individual and the state. Probably, then, tyranny develops out of no other constitution than democracy—from the height o…"
"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul follows the body, and ought to be pure."
Details
Attributed saying, reflecting his ironic self-awareness.
Date: c. 399 BCE (approximate)
Self-DeprecatingVerification
Unverifiable
Found in 1 providers: gemini
1 source checked