Themselves Quotes

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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style,… — Pietro Aretino
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and… — Aristotle
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. — Aristotle
If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret. — Eve Arnold
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What… — Mary Kay Ash
Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an… — Mary Astell
We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and it's not an… — David Attenborough
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. — Dean Acheson
That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try… — Kevyn Aucoin
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at… — Saint Augustine
We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot. — Saint Augustine
There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves. — Jane Austen
Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man… — Teresa of Avila
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No… — Teresa of Avila
The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was doing work on… — Michelle Bachelet
What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who uphold the Constitution… — Michele Bachmann
Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be… — Francis Bacon
The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves. — Michael Badnarik
It's only a few nutcases who do art for themselves, like Van Gogh. — David Bailey

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