Greek - Philosopher | 624 BC - 546 BC
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
Thales
LifeYourselfKnow YourselfKnow
Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything.
EverythingThroughThingsIntellect
Necessity is the strongest of things, for it rules everything.
RulesEverythingThingsNecessity
Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.
ThoughtUniverseStrongerNothing
God is the most ancient of all things, for he had no birth.
GodBirthThingsAncientMostHe
Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.
GoodHopeMenNothingCommonStill
There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian.
GratefulWomanManI AmAnimalBorn
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