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Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
Pleasure
Benjamin Franklin

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Observe all men, thyself most.
Self-observation
Benjamin Franklin

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There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
Self-knowledge
Benjamin Franklin

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Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?
Deception
Benjamin Franklin

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Never to talk to ones self is a form of hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy
Fredrich

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He that parts with his property before his death prepares himself for much suffering.
Gifts
French Proverb

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One is rated by others as he rates himself.
self-esteem
French Proverb

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Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Honesty
Sigmund Freud

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It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.
Relationships
Betty Friedan

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Man may be defined as the animal that can say I, that can be aware of himself as a separate entity.
Identity
Erich Fromm

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Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
Faith
Erich Fromm

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The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
Greatness
James A. Froude

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You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
Character
James A. Froude

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What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.
America
Carlos Fuentes

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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
Leaders and Leadership
R. Buckminster Fuller

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The devil himself is good when he is pleased.
Goodness
Thomas Fuller

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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
Teachers and Teaching
Galileo Galilei

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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Law and Lawyers
Mahatma Gandhi

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Patience means self-suffering.
Patience
Mahatma Gandhi

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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Service
Mahatma Gandhi

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There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint.
Restraint
Mahatma Gandhi

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They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
Self-respect
Mahatma Gandhi

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I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.
Men
James A. Garfield

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An unemployed existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.
Unemployment
Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.
Excellence
Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun