#himself

The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril . ↗

— Alfred Loisy

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The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

#close #consent #control #does #exert

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God. ↗

— Victoria Jackson

#back #bind #god #himself #man

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#flatters #happiness #himself #his #man

It's fun for someone to poke fun at himself. ↗

— Chris Kattan

#himself #poke #someone

A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#draws #himself #hindered #man #outward

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

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