“Be aware that he is not bothered by whether someone is beautiful or rich, he despises this far beyond what you could imagine; nor does he value anyone for possessing any other honour from the things which are considered as blessed by the multitude. But he thinks that all these possessions are worthless, and that we are nothing. He also passes the whole of his life among men in irony and jest.” (The praise of Socrates by Alcibiades, the Symposium)