Verily we know nothing. Truth is buried deep. (Another translation: "Of truth we know nothing, for truth is in a well." Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers R.D. Hicks, Ed.)

— Democritus, Lives of Eminent Philosophers

Source: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0004,001:9:11

Reported by Diogenes Laërtius; the text also carries an alternate translation.

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