#himself

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself. ↗

— Marianne Moore

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He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon. ↗

— John Milton

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He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. ↗

— John Milton

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Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

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If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis. ↗

— Eric Liu

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Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. ↗

— John Locke

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Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. ↗

— Amy Lowell

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