#himself

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself. ↗

— Plato

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No man is wise enough by himself. ↗

— Plautus

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A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation. ↗

— John Morley

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Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry. ↗

— Ennio Morricone

#beethoven #bernard #did #happens #himself

It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell - himself every day and hour to the 'beast of property.' ↗

— Johann Most

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The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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And the Institute sent me a little film footage of Kinsey himself preparing to do an interview for television to talk about his work, so that was quite valuable for me. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#film #footage #himself #his #institute

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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