Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Thales. vii.

Thales said there was no difference between life and death. "Why, then," said some one to him, "do not you die?" "Because," said he, "it does make no difference."

Thales. ix.

When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one's self." And what was easy, "To advise another."

Thales. ix.

He said that men ought to remember those friends who were absent as well as those who were present.

Thales. ix.

The apophthegm "Know thyself" is his.[757:1]

Thales. xiii.

Writers differ with respect to the apophthegms of the Seven Sages, attributing the same one to various authors.