#himself

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten? ↗

— W. H. Auden

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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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He who can believe himself well, will be well. ↗

— Ovid

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If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. ↗

— Josh Billings

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An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

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Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

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Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

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