#himself

The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love. ↗

— Theodor Reik

#himself #love #made #man #never

And for man to look upon himself as a capital good, even if it did not impair his freedom, may seem to debase him... by investing in themselves, people can enlarge the range of choice available to them. It is one way free men can enhance their welfare. ↗

— Theodore William Schultz

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The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune. ↗

— Bert Williams

#his #humor #laugh #man #misfortune

The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#agent #britain #chosen #court #deliver

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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