#himself

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly. ↗

— Andre Gide

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Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him. ↗

— William Godwin

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The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself. ↗

— William Godwin

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The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself. ↗

— William Godwin

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A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is? ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist. ↗

— Bill Griffith

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