“Become such as you are, having learned what that is”

— Pindar

Pythian 2, line 72.
Variant translations:
Be what you know you are
Be true to thyself now that thou hast learnt what manner of man thou art
Having learned, become who you are

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γένοι' οἷος ἐσσὶ μαθών

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Ancient Greek poet -517–-437 BC

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