#him

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#flatters #fool #himself #man #wise

I don't think he believed most of the things he said himself. ↗

— Howard Cannon

#himself #i #most #said #things

What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid. ↗

— Robin G. Collingwood

#always #ashamed #being #being afraid #bottom

I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did so day and night, when I saw him and when I did not see him, and now I tell you what I know, he cannot govern this country. ↗

— Edwin M. Stanton

#better #cannot #country #day #did

I want to be taken seriously as the type of musician that plays stuff like an electric rake. I mean, how seriously do you take someone like Spike Jones? They take him pretty seriously - a really good musician who made a great contribution in terms of humor, which is part of what I try to do too. ↗

— Eugene Chadbourne

#electric #good #great #him #how

When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it. ↗

— Ilka Chase

#could #creator #fool #had #him

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#away #cloudy #day #days #having

For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ↗

— Jesus Christ

#believes #eternal #eternal life #gave #god

The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow. ↗

— John Ciardi

#deserve #deserves #give #him #honest

Nor is it that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

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