Greek Quote by Solon Download Open image “Know thyself. [Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]” — Solon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Greek Know thyself Knowledge Knows Thyself
Thou oughtest to know, since thou livest near the gods. [Lat., Scire, deos quoniam propius contingis, oportet.] — Horace Copy Share Image
Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Qui jacet in terra non habet unde cadat. In me consumpsit vires fortuna nocendo, Nil superest ut iam possit obesse magis." (loosely translated: "He… — Thomas Kyd Copy Share Image
It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Not alone to know, but to act according to thy knowledge, is thy destination,--proclaims the voice of my inmost soul. Not for indolent contemplation… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte Copy Share Image
I have sworn with my tongue, but my mind is unsworn. [Lat., Juravi lingua, mentem injuratem gero.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
To know thyself--in others self-concern; Would'st thou know others? read thyself--and learn! — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town. [Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urba.] — Ovid Copy Share Image
Ne te quaesiveris extra." (Do not seek for things outside of yourself) — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Society is well governed when the people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law — Solon Copy Share Image
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates. — Solon Copy Share Image
If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards,… — Solon Copy Share Image
“The New Dimension is peaceful, and all work here just as they do on Earth. It’s a place where learning, knowledge and wisdom are… — Solon Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again his stage, and Chaucer paints anew his age. — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
Drill in exact translation is an excellent way of disposing the mind against that looseness and exaggeration with which the sensationalists have corrupted our… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
My Mom always cooked healthy. Greek food lends itself to cooking healthy. — Cat Cora Copy Share Image
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I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together. — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and Shakespeare...neither knew chocolate. — Sandra Boynton Copy Share Image
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That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot, and he it is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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