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Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.
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Thales
mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, physicist, engineer, writer, geometer, teacher
Thales of Miletus was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor. Thales was one of the Seven Sages, founding figures of Ancient Greece.
All Quotes by Thales
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Water is the first principle of everything.
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Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.
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Placing your stick at the end of the shadow of the pyramid, you made by the sun's rays two triangles, and so proved that the pyramid [height] was to the stick [height] as the shadow of the pyramid to the shadow of the stick.
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Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created; nothing more beautiful than the world, it is the work of that same God; nothing is more active than thought, for it flies over the whole universe; nothing is stronger than necessity, for all must submit to it.
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Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.
— Thales
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Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.
— Thales
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The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
— Thales