#himself

The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man. ↗

— Otto Weininger

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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself. ↗

— Herodotus

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Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself. ↗

— Robert Baden-Powell

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Government spending is taxation. When you look at this, I've never heard of a poor person spending himself into prosperity; let alone I've never heard of a poor person taxing himself into prosperity. ↗

— Arthur Laffer

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Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition. ↗

— Bill Laswell

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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

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The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence. ↗

— Max Lerner

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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. ↗

— Robert Burton

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There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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