Ourselves Quotes

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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We easily forgive our friends those faults that do no affect us ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms,… — Auguste Rodin
The planet's spinning a thousand miles an hour around this gigantic nuclear explosion while these people roll these machines with rubber tires over this hard… — Joe Rogan
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every… — Will Rogers
We still believe in the America that is a land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. We believe in the America that challenges each… — Mitt Romney
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy… — Theodore Roosevelt
There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves. — Richard Rorty
The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But… — Richard Rorty
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Our greatest evils flow from ourselves. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Let us agree here today to adopt among ourselves a simple and unwritten rule. We will not rise to criticize someone else's idea unless we… — Marco Rubio
We are a people that have always celebrated other people's success so long as we always had the opportunity to meet that success ourselves. That… — Marco Rubio
A core challenge for Australia is - how do we best prepare ourselves for the Asia Pacific century - to maximise the opportunities, to minimise… — Kevin Rudd

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