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It is reported that the Oracle of Delphi declared Socrates as the wisest man on earth.
So a few of his disciples went to him and said, "You should be happy. The Oracle has declared that you are the wisest man on earth." Socrates laughed and said, "There must have been some mistake. How can I be the wisest man? I know only one thing, that I don't know anything.
So there must have been some mistake. Go back and tell the Oracle."
They went back and told the Oracle, "Socrates has himself denied your statement, so there must be some mistake somewhere. He says that he is not wise, that he only knows that he knows nothing."
The Oracle said, "That is why I have declared that he is the wisest man, because only the wisest would say such a thing."
Only fools claim to be great. The beginning of real wisdom is to realize that you know nothing. Only then are you in a position to really learn something?