Thales Quotes

624 BC–546 BC Greece

Thales (Θαλῆς; c. 624 BC – c. 546 BC) was a philosopher born in Tyre, South of Lebanon and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. He has been called the "father of science."

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Also known as: Thales of Miletus, Thales the Milesian

Random Thales quote

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Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908)

Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.

Time is wisest because it discovers everything to light.

Do not beautify your appearance, but be beautiful in your way of life.

A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.

Water is the first principle of everything.

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

Strongest is Necessity because it governs all things.

Symbolism of the Sphere : A Contribution to the History of Earlier Greek Philosophy (1977)

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.

Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things.

Do not ask who started it. Finish it

A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908)

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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