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Classical antiquity3 quotes
The unexamined life is not worth living. — Socrates · 399 BCKnow thyself. — ThalesEveryone has the potential for self-knowledge and sound thinking. — HeraclitusThe Renaissance3 quotes
We know what we are but know not what we may be. — William Shakespeare · 1616The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be oneself. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare · 1616Ancient World2 quotes
Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be defeated. — Sun Tzu · 475 BCHe who knows others is wise;
He who knows himself is enlightened. — Lao Tzu · 400 BC