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- The rule seems to be that those who find no difficulty in deceiving themselves are easily deceived by others. They are easily persuaded and led.
- Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is…
- With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of…
- It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in…
- The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when…
- The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the…
- The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not…
- The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way.
- However much we guard ourselves against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. It is not so much the…
More Others Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe
- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen