– A sound body and a contented mind. ― Thales
Who is Thales? Thales of Miletus was a Greek mathematician, astronomer and pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus in Ionia, Asia Minor.
He was one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
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1. There are three attributes for which I am grateful to
Fortune: that I was born,
first, human and not animal;
second, man and not woman;
and third, Greek and not barbarian. ― Thales
2. Intellect is the swiftest of things, for it runs through everything. ― Thales
3. Necessity is the strongest of things, for it rules everything. ― Thales
3. God is the most ancient of all things, for he had no birth. ― Thales
4. Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it. ― Thales
5. Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light. ― Thales
6. If there is a change, there must be something that changes, yet does not change. ― Thales
7. The past is certain, the future obscure. ― Thales
8. All things are from water and all things are resolved into water. ― Thales
9. What man is happy? He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind, and a docile nature. ― Thales
10. We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air. ― Thales
11. As brightness is to rustiness, so labor excellent idleness. ― Thales
12. Place is the greatest thing, as it contains all things. ― Thales
13. Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing. ― Thales
14. If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail. ― Thales
15. Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talks when it’s needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need. ― Thales
16. I will be sufficiently rewarded if when telling it to others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine. ― Thales
17. Hope is the most universal of human possessions. ― Thales
18. Who is happy? This is a person, who has a healthy body, is lowered with peace of mind and cultivates his talents. ― Thales
19. Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still. ― Thales
20. 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. ― Thales
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