#thyself

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise. ↗

— Edward Young

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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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Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee. ↗

— William Gurnall

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Help thyself and Heaven will help thee. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee. ↗

— William Penn

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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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Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. ↗

— Francis Quarles

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Observe all men, thyself most. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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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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