#thyself

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#i #knew #know #know thyself #myself

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

#become #butterfly #caterpillar #development #himself

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend. ↗

— Akhenaton

#friend #indulge #murder #own #passion

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou. ↗

— Akhenaton

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Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself. ↗

— Thomas Browne

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Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself. ↗

— Pythagoras

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An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

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Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. ↗

— Ausonius

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