Know yourself.
Delphic maxim, Delphic inscription (Plato, Protagoras 343b)
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Greek philosophy quotes
Heraclitus, Socrates, Diogenes, Epicurus, Pyrrho and the Seven Sages. Each line with the Greek it came from.
- Know yourself.Delphic maxim
- Get out of my sun.Diogenes
- Know your moment.Pittacus
- Strife is the father of all things.Heraclitus
- Nothing in excess.Delphic maxim
- Character is fate.Heraclitus
- Same river, never the same water.Heraclitus
- Lots of people praise me? What did I do wrong?Antisthenes
- Greed is the capital city of every evil.Diogenes
- Rust eats iron. Envy eats the envious.Antisthenes
- An unexamined life isn't worth living.Socrates
- Knowing a lot doesn't teach understanding.Heraclitus
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Get out of my sun.
Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6
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Know your moment.
Pittacus, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 1
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Strife is the father of all things.
Heraclitus, Fragment B53 (Diels-Kranz)
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ΜΗΔΕΝ ΑΓΑΝ
Delphic maxim, Delphic inscription (Plato, Protagoras 343b)
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Character is fate.
Heraclitus, Fragment 121
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Same river, never the same water.
Heraclitus, Fragment 41-42
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117 lines
Same river, never the same water.
Heraclitus, Fragment 41-42
ΜΗΔΕΝ ΑΓΑΝ
Delphic maxim, Delphic inscription (Plato, Protagoras 343b)
ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣΕΑΥΤΟΝ
Delphic maxim, Delphic inscription (Plato, Protagoras 343b)
ΗΘΟΣ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΩΙ ΔΑΙΜΩΝ
Heraclitus, Fragment 121
ΚΑΙΡΟΝ ΓΝΩΘΙ
Pittacus, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 1
Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 6
ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ ΠΑΝΤΩΝ ΠΑΤΗΡ
Strife is the father of all things.
Heraclitus, Fragment B53 (Diels-Kranz)
Knowing a lot doesn't teach understanding.
Heraclitus, Fragment B40 (Diels-Kranz)
Heraclitus, Fragment 32
Heraclitus, Fragment 83
Philosophy starts with wonder.
Socrates, Plato, Theaetetus 155d
Don't brag about your great city. Be worthy of one.
Aristotle, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 5
Brothers of one mind are stronger than any wall.
Antisthenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.6
Favorite wine? Someone else's.
Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.54
Talking trash about me? He can hit me too, as long as I'm not there.
Aristotle, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 5
Bread and water. Send cheese if it's a feast.
Epicurus, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 10
The finest harmony comes from things at odds.
Heraclitus, Fragment B8 (Diels-Kranz)
Heraclitus, Fragment 80
They laugh at me. I don't get laughed down.
Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.54
ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΟ ΠΑΝ
Periander, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 1
Expect the unexpected or you'll never find it.
Heraclitus, Fragment 7
Rust eats iron. Envy eats the envious.
Antisthenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.5
One swallow doesn't make a spring.
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1.7
Greed is the capital city of every evil.
Diogenes, Diogenes Laertius 6.50
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