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Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves.
Selfishness
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Our enemies approach nearer to truth in their judgments of us than we do ourselves.
Enemies
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.
self-esteem
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
Happiness
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.
Faults
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We would rather speak badly of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
Egotism
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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What makes lovers never tire of one another is that they talk always about themselves.
Love
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Contentment
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
Passion
Alphonse De Lamartine

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When the best leader's work is done the people say, We did it ourselves.
Leaders and Leadership
Lao-Tzu

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I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.
People, Other
Georg C. Lichtenberg

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There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.
Books - Reading
Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Tact and Tactfulness
Abraham Lincoln

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
Freedom
Abraham Lincoln

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Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
Parents and Parenting
John Locke

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In ourselves are triumph and defeat.
Victory
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves.
Instinct
James Russell Lowell

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Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
Candor
George Macdonald

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We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.
Vision
Orison Swett Marden

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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
Humankind
Thurgood Marshall

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Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.
Self-respect
Peter Mcarthur

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Women who set a low value on themselves make life hard for all women.
self-esteem
Nellie Mcclung

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The most important thing women have to do is to stir up the zeal of women themselves.
Feminism
John Stuart Mill

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It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.
Law and Lawyers
Cecil B. De Mille

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Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.
Fame
John Milton

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun