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“When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, "To know one's self." And what was easy, "To advise another."”
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- Source:
- Thales. ix.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 9c065dbb5fe9f7e8692a60a4fc53d9dd9cda97f75390cf01e10a9a4764738ee1
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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