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One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others


Moliere

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MOLIERE One should speak little with others and much with oneself
DANISH PROVERB One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.
ALFRED KAZIN One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.
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KATHRYN BIGELOW Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.
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DAVID ROCKEFELLER I don't care for others thoughts on oneself, I care for oneself' thoughts on oneself
DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.
ALDOUS HUXLEY When digging graves for others, one must be careful not to bury oneself.
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JEAN-PAUL SARTRE If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.
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ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.
HERBERT SAMUEL The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.
HERBERT SAMUEL One despairs of others so as not to despair too much of oneself
HENRI PETIT One must really have suffered oneself to help others.
MOTHER THERESA One must really have suffered oneself to help others.
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EPICTETUS One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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IGOR ELISEEV Insecurity creates ditches for others and oneself as well.
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JEANNE MOREAU I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, w...
PADGETT POWELL One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDE One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRé GIDE Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying th...
SOURCE UNKNOWN Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying t...
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JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE The republic of letters. [Fr., La republique des lettres.]
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JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE But it is not reason that governs love. [Fr., Mais la raison n'est pas ce qui regle l'amour.]
JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE There are fagots and fagots. [Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]
JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
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JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE One is easily fooled by that which one loves. [Fr., On est aisement dupe par ce qu'on aime.]
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JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE I recover my property wherever I find it. [Fr., Je reprends mon bien ou je le trouve.]
JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE Innocence is not accustomed to blush. [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.]
JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
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