#himself

Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another. ↗

— Augusto Roa Bastos

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Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

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An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. ↗

— Augustine Birrell

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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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Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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