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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Epictetus / Attributed (also attributed to Zeno of Citium)

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Aristotle / Attributed (widely quoted)

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Plato / The Republic (Allegory of the Cave)

Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.

Plato / Attributed (source uncertain)

Know thyself.

Socrates / Delphic maxim (Temple of Apollo at Delphi)

I know that I know nothing.

Socrates / Plato's Apology

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

Lao Tzu / Tao Te Ching, Chapter 33

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucius / Attributed to Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Confucius / The Analects

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

Sun Tzu / The Art of War

Philosophy is essentially common sense put into complex or obscure language and forms.

Goethe / Maxims and Reflections
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