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People must have self-knowledge. If this does not help to discover the truth, it is at least a rule of life, and there is nothing more important than it. [French] Pascal: "Thoughts"

If people could easily "know themselves", then this wise saying would not be regarded as a sacred admonition. [Ancient Greece] Plutarch: "Comparative Biographies of Greek and Roman Celebrities"

People who are self-aware often turn the sunglasses in their hearts to reflect on themselves. [English] Samuel Butler: "Hugh Dibras"

It is foolish to "know oneself and know oneself". The saying of "knowing yourself and the enemy" is more practical. [Ancient Greece] Menander: "Thracilion? Fragments"

The wisest are those who, like Socrates, think that their wisdom is insignificant. [Ancient Greece] Plato: "The Apology of Socrates"

The wisest person is the person who knows his own shortcomings. [Meaning] Proverb

It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. [French] Saint-Exupéry

Perhaps a man's only true dignity lies in his ability to despise himself. [Beauty] Joe Santayana

I strictly adhere to a beautiful principle in my daily life: "The most important thing is self-knowledge." I have always used this to spur myself. [French] Angel: "Ingres on Art"

Socrates once said that he was smarter than his contemporaries because he was the only one who knew that he knew nothing. This is a wise saying. [English] Russell: "Scientific View"

The most important thing in the world, no matter from any angle, is to fully understand yourself. [French] Montaigne: "Collected Essays"

Even if we sit on the highest throne in the world, we are still just ourselves. [Method] Montaigne: "Collected Essays"

Only by knowing yourself can you know others. [English] Shakespeare: "Hamlet"

Knowing your own ignorance is the threshold to the palace of wisdom. [English] Charles Spurgeon: "Collection of Lost Things? Lesson One"

"What is the hard thing?"/"Knowing yourself."/"So, what is the easy thing? ”/“Give good advice to others.” [Ancient Greece] Thales: "Fragment"

Man, save yourself! 〔Germany〕Beethoven

It is not easy to be discovered, especially by oneself. [Germany] Nietzsche: "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"

Among us, even the most courageous people rarely have the courage to know their true selves. [Germany] Nietzsche: "Idols, Proverbs and Arrows"

The shrewd Homer sometimes dozed off. [Ancient Rome] Horace: "Letter to Pisuyouzi"

Every beauty can find flaws. [Rustic] Proverb

People will always be wise and confused sometimes. [English] Proverb

One person cannot understand everything. [US] Sheen Lewis: "Arrowsmith"

Individual wisdom is limited. [Ancient Rome] Plautus: "The Boasting Soldier"

Some people are capable of nothing, and no one is omnipotent. [German] Proverb

What we know is limited, but what we don’t know is infinite. [French] Laplace: "The Collected Works of Laplace"

The great thing about man is that he knows that he is a wretch. [Method] Pascal: "Thoughts"

Understanding one's ignorance is the beginning of progress. [Latin] Proverb

Not knowing one's own ignorance is twice as ignorant. [Greek] Proverb

Everyone is ignorant, but on different issues. [English] Proverb

The true greatness of a person lies in his ability to realize his own insignificance. 〔Germany〕Paul

Why although there are mirrors in the world, people don’t know what they look like. [Germany] Schopenhauer: "Further Psychological Observations"

As knowers, we know nothing about ourselves. There's a good reason for this.

How can this come to pass that we never look into ourselves - we should always be looking for ourselves? [Germany] Nietzsche: "The Genealogy of Morals"

The root of people's misfortunes is not that they don't understand others; it's that they don't understand themselves. [Ancient Rome] Marcus Aurelius: "Meditations"

In essence, we are as complete a mystery to ourselves as Adam was to himself. [Beautiful] Tarkington: "Perspective"

Those who do not have self-awareness are only wise. [Ancient Rome] Ennius: "On Duty"

The divine kingdom of heaven is within ourselves, and whoever has self-knowledge can discover it. Anonymous: "New Christian Proverbs"

It is easier to know others than to know yourself. [French] La Rochefoucauld: "Moral Proverbs"

I dare say that the motto on the only inscription in the temple of Delphi - "You have to know yourself" is more ethical than ethics All the great works of scientists are more important and more profound. [Method] Rousseau: "On the Origin and Basis of Human Inequality"

Lack of self-knowledge is the most foolish thing. [French] Rousseau: "Emile"

People should understand themselves, and understanding themselves is also the most difficult subject in the world. [West] Cervantes: "Don Quixote"

Self-knowledge will make you get rid of vanity. [West] Cervantes: "Don Quixote"

Those who know themselves are by no means fools, they are already standing on the threshold of the door of wisdom. [English] Henry H. Ellis: "Views and Commentary"

Self-doubt is the first step to self-knowledge. [English] Julius Leer and O'Hare: "Questioning the Truth"

Being aware of one's ignorance is a big step towards knowledge. [English] Ben Disraeli: "Sibyl"

Self-knowledge is true, self-control is good, self-conquer is beautiful. [French] Joseph Roux: "Meditations of a Parish Priest"

Those who know themselves are the wisest. [English] Chaucer: "The Canterbury Tales? The Priest's Tale"

When you feel small, that is the beginning of great harvest. [Germany] Goethe: "Poetry of Maxims"

To know what you don't know is to know everything. [Holland] Peart Hein: "Knowing Everything"

Those who only know themselves but not others also know very little about themselves. [English] John Mill: "On Liberty"

There is nothing unusual in this world, being able to understand, foresee, recognize, and predict the misfortune of others. It is an ordinary thing. . However, there are too few people who can predict, foresee, recognize and understand their own misfortune! [French] Rabelais: "The Legend of the Giant"

In our small cosmic vortex called the Milky Way, there are about 10 billion suns running, but if the sun knows that the entire Milky Way has No matter how big it is, it will definitely feel ashamed of its insignificance. [Sweden] Nobel: "Nobel Biography"

Those who think they have sufficient knowledge are those who know the most limited things. 〔法〕Molière

When people know themselves, their freedom will be enhanced. [US] Chawei Morris: "The Open Self"

Everyone is a moon, and his own dark side never lets others see it. [US] Mark Twain: "Fool Wilson's New Calendar"

Don't blame the mirror for your ugly face. [Russian] Krylov: "Mirror and Monkey"

Everyone is the best judge of his own affairs. [Russian] Saltykov Shchedrin: "Shadow"

All we can know is that we know nothing. This is the pinnacle of human wisdom. [Russian] Leo Tolstoy: "War and Peace"

The human soul is difficult to understand, and it is even more difficult to understand your own soul. [Russian] Chekhov: "The Tragedy of the Safari"

A man can educate himself only when he understands himself. [Su] Suhomlinsky: "Parenting Pedagogy"

The most important thing in the world, no matter from any angle, is to fully understand yourself. [French] Montaigne: "Collected Essays"

The greatest pride and the greatest inferiority are the greatest ignorance of oneself.

[Holland] Spinoza: "Ethics"

A person is like a fraction, his actual talents are like the numerator, and his valuation of himself is like the denominator. The larger the denominator, the smaller the value of the fraction. [Russian] Leo Tolstoy: "Talking to Young People about Reading"

The true greatness of a person lies in his ability to realize his own insignificance. [Russian] John Paul: "What do you think about humility and pride"

He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise. He who conquers others is powerful, and he who conquers himself is strong. [Chinese] Lao Dan: "Laozi"

The greatest failure is greater than not knowing oneself. [Middle] "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals? Strict Theory? Self-Knowledge"

Thinking you know something if you don't know it is the root of all kinds of disasters. [Chinese] "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals? Do you have a beginning? Listen carefully"

Sometimes, although there are gold mines underground, the owner of the land knows nothing about it. [English] Swift: "The American Art of Living"

Our eyes cannot see what is behind us. When we laugh at our neighbours, we are often actually laughing at ourselves; we resent the faults of others which are more evident in ourselves. [Dharma] Montaigne: "Collected Essays"

He who knows himself does not blame others, and he who knows his fate does not blame God. Those who blame others are poor, and those who blame God have no aspirations. [Chinese] Xun Kuang: "Xunzi? Honor and Disgrace"

It is always harder to transform yourself than to forbid others. [Middle] Lu Xun: "Second Collection of Qie Jie Ting's Essays? On Writing Brushes and the like"

People who know themselves don't need to look in the mirror at all; looking in the mirror is useless for things that don't know themselves. [Chinese] Qian Zhongshu: "Reading Aesop's Fables"

I strictly adhere to a beautiful principle in my daily life: "It is important to have self-knowledge." This is how I motivate myself. [French] Ingres: "Ingres on Art"

People who have only a few days to live always think that they have a bright future, just like convicts who always think they can be free. [French] Balzac: "Aunt Bet"

Being unmasked is a kind of failure, but taking off the mask yourself is a kind of victory. [French] Hugo: "Sea Laborers"

If a person does not overestimate himself, he will be much higher than he estimates. [Germany] Goethe: "Collection of Goethe's Sayings and Reflections"

If people think about their physical or moral situation, they usually find that they are sick. [Germany] Goethe: "Goethe's Maxims and Thoughts"

Why do people not know what they look like even though there are mirrors in the world? [Germany] Schopenhauer: "Further Psychological Observation"

Smart fools are so ignorant that they think they are famous all over the world. Only when they suddenly realize that their fame is limited to the anthill. [Russian] Krylov: "Krylov's Fable"

To be a human being, you must know your own value and decide your actions based on it. [Soviet] Rozov: "Awkward Situation"

The most difficult thing is self-knowledge, knowing what you can do and what you cannot do; if anyone has such self-knowledge, he will never get into trouble. [India] "The Five Books"

The sage knows himself but does not see himself, loves himself but does not value himself. 〔中〕Lao Dan: "Laozi"

Everyone has his own abilities and incompetences, some of which are obvious and some of which are unknown. If it can be done, it can be done, and if it cannot be done, it cannot be done. If it is clear, it is clear, and if it is unclear, it is unclear. This is what is called clarity. [Middle] Lu Jiuyuan: "Book with Cao Li"

If you say that you are strong, you will be short, and if you know that you are short, you will be long. 〔中〕Shen Juyun: "Xiyan Words"

I know myself, and I am no more merciful when I dissect myself than when I dissect others. [Middle] Lu Xun: "Just Collection? Reply to Mr. Youheng"

To know a person clearly, you must first understand himself. [English] Shakespeare: "Hamlet"

Don't side with the angels, that's too demeaning. [English] Lawrence: "Letters"

Man can only know himself through comparison. [Russian] Leo Tolstoy: "War and Peace"

Heart disease will also be treated with heart medicine, and one's own family will know when it is sick. [Chinese] Fan Yiyi: "Looking for Relatives"

The so-called self-knowledge does not mean being blindly polite and humble to the point of being boneless.

[Chinese] Ba Ren: "Selected Essays of Ba Ren"

True self-knowledge requires not only knowing one's own limitations and weaknesses, but also knowing one's own possibilities and strengths. [Middle] Li Jiye: "Peach Blossom Spring and Niujiao Bay"

Only everyone knows their own affairs best. [English] Dickens: "Great Expectations"

In this world, there is only one person I hope to fully understand, and that is myself. [English] Oscar Wilde: "Lady Windermere's Fan"

If you want to conquer others, you must first conquer yourself; if you want to judge others, you must first judge yourself; if you want to understand others, you must first understand yourself. [Middle] "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals? Ji Chun Ji? Xianji"

It is easy to know others, but difficult to know oneself. [Middle] Zhao Ye: "The Spring and Autumn Period of Wu and Yue? The Biography of Gou Jian"

It is easy to seek knowledge in the world, but it is difficult to seek true knowledge in oneself; it is easy to whitewash it for the ears and eyes, but it is difficult to live up to the secrets. [Chinese] Hong Yingming: "Cai Gen Tan"

It is not easy to know the strengths of others, and it may not be easy to know your own strengths. If you don't know your own strengths, you will inevitably regard other people's shortcomings as learning objects. [Chinese] Wang Chao Wen: "Conquering the Wasteland"

It is not easy to know a person, and it is equally difficult to know yourself. [Middle] Zhou Keqin: "Xu Mao and His Daughters"

Because of this self-knowledge, they can also identify others. At the same time, because they have experienced other people, they can obtain good things and good things for themselves. Prevent harm. [Ancient Greece] Socrates: "Memoirs of Socrates"