#himself

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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They say that the commons of England would first destroy the king's friends and afterward himself, and then bring the Duke of York to be king so that by their false means and lies they may make him to hate and destroy his friends, and cherish his false traitors. ↗

— Jack Cade

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In any case, Ives encouraged me to go into music even though he himself had such a hard time being a composer. ↗

— Elliott Carter

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All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself. ↗

— Howard Carter

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Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

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Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work. ↗

— Eduardo Chillida

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No one is free who does not lord over himself. ↗

— Claudius

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A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself. ↗

— Georges Clemenceau

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There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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