Indexed in the public record
“The apophthegm "Know thyself" is his.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Thales. xiii.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 5e7069f47bb636c7312277e4eea01fff98c1b807f722ee4f7466409fab1d2044
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Related in the record
“There are two sentences inscribed upon the Delphic oracle, hugely accommodated to the usages of man's life: "Know…”
Plutarch
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one's self." And what was easy, "To…”
Diogenes Laertius
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world.”
Miguel de Cervantes
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.”
Alexander Pope
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“He that knows not what the world is, knows not where he is himself. He that knows not…”
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what…”
Hesiod
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Said something yourself? Put it on the record — $5.
A timestamped public registration for your own line — before someone else claims it.
This is an indexed reference citation, not a legal registry entry and not a claim of ownership.