#himself

A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody. ↗

— Cardinal De Retz

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Myth expresses in terms of the world - that is, of the other world or the second world - the understanding that man has of himself in relation to the foundation and the limit of his existence. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

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It was the king's army, the king's people, the king's taxes; and he who questioned the propriety of the royal prerogative of taking from his people without return or accounting, was reckoned, and felt himself to be, a criminal, guilty of the highest crime of disloyalty. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

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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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Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

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When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

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