#himself

No man is wise enough by himself. ↗

— Plautus

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He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited. ↗

— Anthony Powell

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In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. ↗

— Robert Powell

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He suddenly found himself on the precipice of utility. ↗

— J. F. Powers

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Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. ↗

— Pythagoras

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I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

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When I'm interviewing someone, I want to make sure that he thought enough to take care of himself - to dress appropriately and to groom himself properly. ↗

— Bill Rancic

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The real "action" in the liturgy in which we are all supposed to participate is the action of God himself. This is what is new and distinctive about the Christian liturgy: God himself acts and does what is essential. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

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We can learn from him that suffering and the gift of himself is an essential gift we need in our time. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

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