Those who render no service either by word or deed, who cannot help army or city or the people itself in time of need, ought to be stopped, even if they have riches in abundance, above all if they are insolent as well as inefficient.
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"There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance."
"I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, do not fancy I …"
"I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."
"It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death."
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
From Xenophon's Memorabilia, I.2.59, discussing who should be allowed to speak or act in public.
Date: Early 4th century BC
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