33 Quotes by Thales

As brightness is to rustiness, so labor excelleth idleness.

Conceal thy domestic ills.

Hope is the most universal of human possessions.

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.

Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.

[One] who is healthy in body, resourceful in soul and of a readily teachable nature.

Many words are not proof of the wise man, because the sage only talk when it's needed, and the words are measured and corresponding with the need.

A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.

I did not become a father because I am fond of children.