#himself

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. ↗

— Josh Billings

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Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

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Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. ↗

— Diogenes

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For who can bear to feel himself forgotten? ↗

— W. H. Auden

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

— Francis Bacon

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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable. ↗

— Javier Bardem

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The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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