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I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost. - George Jean Nathan The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Retire within yourself, and you will discover how small a stock there is. [Lat., Tecum habita, et noris quam sit tibi curta supellex.] - Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus) To understand one's self is the classic form of consolation; to delude one's self is the romantic. - George Santayana We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. - May Sarton Every man has to seek in his own way to make his own self more noble and to realize his own true worth. - Albert Schweitzer People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But, the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. - Thomas Szasz That which we are, we are . . . . - Lord Alfred Tennyson Of all mankind, each loves himself the best. - Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself. - Henry David Thoreau If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little. - Martin Farquhar Tupper Do you want to know the man against whom you have most reason to guard yourself? Your looking-glass will give you a very fair likeness of his face. - Archbishop Richard Whately Born to myself, I like myself alone. - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester We have this principal desire implanted in us by nature, that our first wish is to preserve ourselves. - Charles Duke Yonge Displaying page 2 of 2 for this topic: << Prev 1 [2]
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