If a question comes up that no one can answer, the present-day solution is “Google It.” Back 
around 600 B.C., inquiring minds turned to the Seven Sages of Greece who were widely known for their “pithy and memorable dicta.” Sample dicta from the Seven include the memorable “Nothing in excess”, “Too many workers spoil the work”, and “Look to the end of life” as well as the pithy “Call no man happy until he is dead.”
By far the most profound wisdom to come from Team Sage is attributed to Chilon of Sparta, who advised “Know thyself.” These two simple words established a fundamental principle for life, launched Western Philosophy, and spawned countless tiresome Philosophy 101 papers.
The ever practical Thales of Miletus, another of the Seven, recognized that some of these sage sayings were easier to adopt than others. He ranked “Know thyself” as by far the most difficult, while noting that the simplest was “To give advice.”
