#himself

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

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I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self important. Plus no one is calling himself an imp right now. It makes me feel special. ↗

— Mo Rocca

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. ↗

— Voltaire

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A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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The worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself. ↗

— Daniel Craig

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I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed the president himself would be killed by it. ↗

— John Dean

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