“I know my soul hath power to know all things,Yet is she blind and ignorant of all;I know I am one of nature's little kings,Yet to the least and vilest things am thrall.”John Davies (poet) Stanza 44. Nosce Teipsum (1599)
“I know my life's a pain and but a span,I know my sense is mocked with everything;And to conclude, I know myself a man,Which is a proud and yet a wretched thing.”John Davies (poet) Stanza 45. Nosce Teipsum (1599)
“What can we know, or what can we discern,When error chokes the windows of the mind,The diverse forms of things, how can we learn,That have been ever from our birthday blind?”John Davies (poet) Stanza 15. Nosce Teipsum (1599)