When asked by a young man if he should seek to marry, Socrates answered him:
“By all means marry: if you get a good wife, you will be happy; if you get a bad one, you will become a philosopher.”
The Oracle of Delphi called Socrates 'the wisest man' because he said:
"I know I know nothing!"
Of course, he only knew this because his wife, Xanthippe, told him so.
Every day!
Stephane Dion understood quite well…
October 10, 2008 — xanthippaYes, I am pretty fed up with politics already…but this one – it needs to be seen to be believed.
Mr. Dion clearly understood the question – at several points – then chooses to not answer anyway. Please, pay attention to the increase in his rate of blinking while the question is being asked the second time around….after it had been explained. He ‘gets’ the question – he just hasn’t got an acceptable answer.