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    What famous person said, "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."?

    • Aesop
    • Abraham Lincoln
    • Socrates
    • George W. Bush
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Explore the wisdom of Socrates with this quiz focusing on his famous quotes. Test your knowledge on ethical and philosophical insights attributed to one of the greatest ancient Greek philosophers. Ideal for learners interested in classical philosophy and ethics.

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  • 2. 

    Whose quote is "Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of."?

    • Socrates

    • Bertrand Russell

    • George Carlin

    • Homer

    Correct Answer
    A. Socrates
  • 3. 

    What famous person said, "If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."?

    • Groucho Marx

    • George Bernard Shaw

    • Socrates

    • Homer

    Correct Answer
    A. Socrates
  • 4. 

    Whose quote is "Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love."?

    • Winston Churchill

    • Socrates

    • James Thurber

    • Aesop

    Correct Answer
    A. Socrates
  • 5. 

    Who said, "Envy is the ulcer of the soul."?

    • Mark Twain

    • Aristotle

    • Plato

    • Socrates

    Correct Answer
    A. Socrates
  • 6. 

    What famous person said, "Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others."?

    • Friedrich Nietzche

    • Bertrand Russell

    • Carl Jung

    • Socrates

    Correct Answer
    A. Socrates
  • 7. 

    Whose quote is "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."?

    • Eleanor Roosevelt

    • Socrates

    • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    • Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Correct Answer
    A. Socrates
  • 8. 

    What famous person said, "The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence."?

    • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    • Bertrand Russell

    • Lily Tomlin

    • Ayn Rand

    Correct Answer
    A. Ayn Rand
  • 9. 

    Who said, "The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it."?

    • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    • Ayn Rand

    • George Carlin

    • Maya Angelou

    Correct Answer
    A. Ayn Rand
  • 10. 

    Whose quote is "Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness."?

    • J.R.R Tolkein

    • Winston Churchill

    • Ayn Rand

    • Charles Dickens

    Correct Answer
    A. Ayn Rand
  • 11. 

    Who said, "Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values."?

    • Groucho Marx

    • Ayn Rand

    • Samuel Godwyn

    • Mark Twain

    Correct Answer
    A. Ayn Rand
  • 12. 

    Who said, "It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be."?

    • J.K. Rowling

    • Robert Frost

    • Helen Keller

    • Abraham Lincoln

    Correct Answer
    A. J.K. Rowling
  • 13. 

    What famous person said, "If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time."?

    • Hillary Clinton

    • Steve Jobs

    • Mark Twain

    • J.K. Rowling

    Correct Answer
    A. J.K. Rowling
  • 14. 

    Whose quote is "Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."?

    • Bertrand Russell

    • J.K. Rowling

    • Fran Lebowitz

    • James Thurber

    Correct Answer
    A. J.K. Rowling
  • 15. 

    Who said, "Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain."?

    • Helen Keller

    • J.K. Rowling

    • Ronald Reagan

    • Benjamin Franklin

    Correct Answer
    A. J.K. Rowling

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