Himself Quotes

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I don't know in the world why anyone would consent to be a king, and never to be left to himself, but to be worried… — Lady Gregory
Be careful how you do one man a pleasure which must needs occasion equal displeasure in another. For he who is thus slighted will not… — Francesco Guicciardini
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain… — G I Gurdjieff
A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors; two, facility… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads. — Charles Caleb Colton
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself! — Confucius
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends. — Cyril Connolly
As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of… — Joseph Conrad
I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when… — Dane Cook
Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness. — Mason Cooley
No man ever listened himself out of a job. — Calvin Coolidge
The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to… — Jeff Cooper
Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. — Nicolaus Copernicus
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be. — Pierre Corneille
When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations. — Daniel Craig
The worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself. — Daniel Craig

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