A Quote by Socrates

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

Socrates

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Socrates
Greek - Philosopher
469 BC - 399 BC

The beginning of knowledge is to know thyself a sinner.

Johnny Hunt

Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God.

John Ruskin

Now thyself is more important than “Know thyself.

Mel Brooks

Know thyself. Accept thyself. Love thyself. No matter what you have done, where you have been, know, accept, and love who you are.

Iyanla Vanzant

The beginning of all wisdom is to understand that you don't know. To know is the enemy of all learning. To be sure is the enemy of wisdom.

Victor Villasenor

Know thyself, especially thyself after a couple of drinks.

Robert Breault

Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out.

Jeanette Winterson

Honeymoons are the beginning of wisdom--but the beginning of wisdom is the end of romance.

Helen Rowland

To know thyself--in others self-concern; Would'st thou know others? read thyself--and learn!

Friedrich Schiller

The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.

Clarence Darrow

Knowing thyself is the height of wisdom.

Socrates

Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.

Galileo Galilei

Not to know is the beginning of wisdom.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Love thyself, so that you can love another. Love thyself so that you cannot project fear. Love thyself so as to let others love you. Love thyself so as to let people near.

Robert Holden

To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.

Marion Zimmer Bradley

To know that the Bible is the literature of a barbarous people, to know that it is uninspired, to be certain that the supernatural does not and cannot exist - all this is but the beginning of wisdom.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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