ProverbWisdomInternational origin

The more you know, the more you realize you don't know

Meaning: True knowledge reveals the vastness of what remains to be learned.

Origin: Often credited to Socrates, Aristotle or Einstein, but none of them is known to have said it in these words. It echoes Socrates in Plato's Apology, who concluded that he was wiser than others only in that he did not think he knew what he did not know.

Equivalents in German

  • German: Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß (literally: I know that I know nothing)

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