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Himself Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
- The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs…
- I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a…
- Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in…
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- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold
- So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to… — Antonin Artaud
- Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad
- Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. — Chinua Achebe
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower… — Marcus Aurelius
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths… — Sri Aurobindo