#himself

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. ↗

— Charles Evans Hughes

#always #company #good company #himself #live

When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself. ↗

— Rick Yune

#arts #background #certain #certain things #combat

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather to say: 'He killed himself because he was bored by lack of life.' ↗

— Victor Hugo

#bored #himself #killed #lack #life

One believes others will do what he will do to himself. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#himself #others #will

Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphs of psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

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A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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God loves to help him who strives to help himself. ↗

— Aeschylus

#help #him #himself #loves #strives

That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful. ↗

— Sherwood Anderson

#beautiful #beginning #composite #each #great

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#every man #himself #his #how #i

What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty? ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#art #beauty #carry #does #enamoured