Thyself Quotes

296 quotes by 174 authors

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to… — Seneca the Younger
Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent. — William Shakespeare
Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more just. — William Shakespeare
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater. — George Herbert
If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false. — Denis Diderot
Happy thou that learnest from another's griefs, not to subject thyself to the same. — Tibullus
For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse. — Max Muller
Knowest thou not the beauty of thine own face? Quit this temper that leads thee to war with thyself. — Rumi
Forgive thyself little, and others much. — Leighton Meester
If thou wouldst find much favor and peace with God and man, be very low in thine own eyes; forgive thyself little, and others much. — Leighton Meester
Extirpate two thoughts within thyself: do not consider thyself worthy of anything great, and do not think that any other man is much lower than… — Saint Basil
Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God. — Pythagoras
Instruct thyself for time and patience favor all. — Pythagoras
Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe. — Pythagoras
Be thou what thou singly art and personate only thyself. Swim smoothly in the stream of thy nature and live but one man. — Thomas Browne
Do what nature now requires. Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee to see if any… — Marcus Aurelius
All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them to thyself. — Marcus Aurelius
Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast, select the best, and… — Marcus Aurelius
As thou thyself art a component part of a social system, so let every act of thine be a component part of social life. Whatever… — Marcus Aurelius
Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this… — Marcus Aurelius

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