Himself Quotes

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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. — Ambrose Bierce
An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me. — Ambrose Bierce
The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power. — Theodor Adorno
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. — Ambrose Bierce
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private… — Theodor Adorno
As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way. — Buffalo Bill
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. — Josh Billings
God loves to help him who strives to help himself. — Aeschylus
He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun… — William Blake
I believe that anything man himself can do for me, God can do for me in a greater way. I decided to pray and to… — Mary J. Blige
Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that… — Robert Bolt
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When people say, you know, 'Good teacher,' 'Prophet,' 'Really nice guy'... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself. So you're left with a challenge… — Bono
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left. — Jorge Luis Borges
I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the… — Jo Brand
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to… — Louis D. Brandeis
I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is… — Joseph Brodsky
A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is - that appeals to people. — Jeff Bridges
I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other. — Anne Bronte
Give him enough rope and he will hang himself. — Charlotte Bronte

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