--- title: "4 Good life Quotes By Thales" description: "4 Good life quotes by Thales. Plus more from Thales and more Good life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/thales-24146_avoid_avoid-doing-what-you-would-blame-others_90592.jpg" --- > [Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/avoid-doing-what-you-would-blame-others-for-doing/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/thales-24146_avoid_avoid-doing-what-you-would-blame-others_90592.jpg) > [Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/time-is-the-wisest-of-all-things-that-are-for-it-brings-everything-to/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/thales-24146_clock_time-is-the-wisest-of-all-things-that-ar_281084.jpg) > [Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/suretyship-dogma-is-the-precursor-of-ruin/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/thales-24146_dogma_suretyship-dogma-is-the-precursor-of-rui_2414693.jpg) > [What is it that is most beautiful? - The Universe; for it is the work of God. What is most powerful? -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/what-is-it-that-is-most-beautiful-the-universe-for-it-is-the-work-of/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/thales-24146_advice_what-is-it-that-is-most-beautiful-the-un_3223247.jpg) ## Other authors on Good life - [Lebo Grand 25 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/lebo-grand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bertrand-russell-17477.jpg) Bertrand Russell 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/bertrand-russell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/john-green/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/israelmore-ayivor/) - [Aristotle 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-trip-lee-92248.jpg) Trip Lee 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/trip-lee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-timothy-keller-91037.jpg) Timothy Keller 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/timothy-keller/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pittacus-of-mytilene-75752.jpg) Pittacus of Mytilene 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/pittacus-of-mytilene/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-louise-hay-61509.jpg) Louise Hay 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/louise-hay/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joel-osteen-50643.jpg) Joel Osteen 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/joel-osteen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-buffett-49948.jpg) Jimmy Buffett 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/jimmy-buffett/) ## More by Thales > [Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/avoid-doing-what-you-would-blame-others-for-doing/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/many-words-are-not-proof-of-the-wise-man-because-the-sage-only-talk/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/time-is-the-wisest-of-all-things-that-are-for-it-brings-everything-to/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/there-are-three-attributes-for-which-i-am-grateful-to-fortune-that-i/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/hope-is-the-only-good-that-is-common-to-all-men-those-who-have/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/we-live-not-in-reality-on-the-summit-of-a-solid-earth-but-at-the/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [As brightness is to rustiness, so labor excelleth idleness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/as-brightness-is-to-rustiness-so-labor-excelleth-idleness/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [I did not become a father because I am fond of children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/i-did-not-become-a-father-because-i-am-fond-of-children/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [All things are from water and all things are resolved into water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/all-things-are-from-water-and-all-things-are-resolved-into-water/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/placing-your-stick-at-the-end-of-the-shadow-of-the-pyramid-you-made/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [What man is happy? He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind, and a docile nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/what-man-is-happy-he-who-has-a-healthy-body-a-resourceful-mind-and-a/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [I will be sufficiently rewarded if when telling it to others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/i-will-be-sufficiently-rewarded-if-when-telling-it-to-others-you-will/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/a-multitude-of-words-is-no-proof-of-a-prudent-mind/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/place-is-the-greatest-thing-as-it-contains-all-things/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) > [ \[One\] who is healthy in body, resourceful in soul and of a readily teachable nature. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/one-who-is-healthy-in-body-resourceful-in-soul-and-of-a-readily/) [Thales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thales/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-life/thales/#itemlist", "name": "4 Good life Quotes By Thales", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thales" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/avoid-doing-what-you-would-blame-others-for-doing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/thales-24146_avoid_avoid-doing-what-you-would-blame-others_90592.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/thales-24146_avoid_avoid-doing-what-you-would-blame-others_90592.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/thales-24146_avoid_avoid-doing-what-you-would-blame-others_90592.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.” — Thales", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thales" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/time-is-the-wisest-of-all-things-that-are-for-it-brings-everything-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/thales-24146_clock_time-is-the-wisest-of-all-things-that-ar_281084.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/thales-24146_clock_time-is-the-wisest-of-all-things-that-ar_281084.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/thales-24146_clock_time-is-the-wisest-of-all-things-that-ar_281084.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.” — Thales", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thales" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thales/suretyship-dogma-is-the-precursor-of-ruin/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/thales-24146_dogma_suretyship-dogma-is-the-precursor-of-rui_2414693.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/thales-24146_dogma_suretyship-dogma-is-the-precursor-of-rui_2414693.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/thales-24146_dogma_suretyship-dogma-is-the-precursor-of-rui_2414693.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.” — Thales", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is it that is most beautiful? - The Universe; for it is the work of God. 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