If we did not flatter ourselves the flattery from others would not harm us.
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E. M. CIORAN We discover in others what others hide from us, and we recognize in others what we hide from ourselv...
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STANLEY KUJOKERA baloney is flattery so thick it cannot be true; blarney is flatter so thin we like it.
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G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he may teach us how to overh...
HAROLD BLOOM ... while we flatter ourselves that things remain the same, they are changing under our very eyes fr...
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN If some persons died and others did not die death would indeed be a terrible affliction.
JEAN DE LA BRUYèRE If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none ...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS A. EDISON If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
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MARTY RUBIN We're not words, Henry, we're people.
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NEIL GAIMAN If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm
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MITCH ALBOM If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS A. EDISON We live life not only for ourselves but for others.
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sometimes taste of adversity...
ANNE BRADSTREET We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace ...
THOMAS MERTON Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.
LILLIE LANGTRY Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea ...
G. C. (GEORG CHRISTOPH) LICHTENBERG Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea ...
GEORG C. LICHTENBERG If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.
SAINT AUGUSTINE When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we d...
JOSEF ALBERS The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is t...
PEMA CHöDRöN We never see ourselves as others see us.
OLIVER HARDY Our culture values independence and isolation far too much, it seems to me--we have a hard time maki...
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ED COLLINS If a boy became sick he walked alone; the others were afraid to catch what he had, and did not want ...
DAVE EGGERS Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
FRANCIS QUARLES The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.
CARL SAGAN The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.
JOHN DRYDEN Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.
FRANKLIN P. ADAMS Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicious about them.
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