know thyself en · X
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Calque of Ancient Greek γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnôthi seautón), one of the Delphic maxims, popularly attributed to various Ancient Greek sages. The proverb in Latin is given as nōsce tē ipsum.
Meanings
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(also) Be aware of your own strengths and limitations.
"Secondly, thou must keep in view what thou art, striving to know thyself, the most difficult thing to know that the mind can imagine. If thou knowest thyself, it will follow thou wilt not puff thyself up like the frog that strove to make himself as large as the ox; if thou dost, the recollection of having kept pigs in thine own country will serve as the ugly feet for the wheel of thy folly."
1885, Miguel de Cervantes, chapter XLII, in John Ormsby, transl., Don Quixote, volume 2:
Translations (36)
sh по̀зна̄ј се̏бе (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · fa خودت رو بشناس (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · tr kendini bil (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · ru позна́й самого́ себя́ (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · sv känn dig själv (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · de erkenne dich selbst (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · el γνώθι σαυτόν (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · pl poznaj samego siebie (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · grc γνῶθι σαυτόν (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · grc γνῶθι σεαυτόν (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · sh спо̀зна̄ј се̏бе (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · cmn 自知 (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · nb kjenn deg selv (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · pt conhece-te a ti mesmo (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · ja 汝自身を知れ (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · ko 너 자신을 알라 (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · la nōsce tē (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · eo konu vin mem (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · pt conhece a ti mesmo (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · nl ken uzelf (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · ar رحم الله امرَأً عرف قدر نفسه (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · uk пізна́й само́го себе́ (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · fr connais-toi toi-même (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · ja 汝自らを知れ (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · es conócete a ti mismo (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · az özünü tanı (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · gl coñécete a ti mesmo (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · sh spòznāj sȅbe (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · br en em anavez da-unan (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · pa ਆਪੇ ਨੂੰ ਪਛਾਣੋ (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · xcl ծանի՛ր զքեզ (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · fi tunne itsesi (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · nn kjenn deg sjølv (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · sh pòznāj sȅbe (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · sk poznaj sám seba (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) · it conosci te stesso (be aware of both your strengths and limitations)
wikipedia: Seven Sages of Greece · wikipedia: Delphic maxims