Quotes with thyself

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  • George Eliot It is, I fear, but a vain show of fulfilling the heathen precept, ''Know thyself,'' and too often leads to a self-estimate which will subsist in the absence of that fruit by which alone the quality of the tree is made evident.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Alexander Pope Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Lao-Tzu Know they thyself, presume not God to scan. The proper study of mankind is man.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • Socrates Know thyself.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • André Gide Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Confucius Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not to others what thou wouldn't not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Observe all men, thyself most.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • William Penn Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
    William Penn
    English religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania (1644 - 1718)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments, Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know thyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh Remember if you marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance, will neither last nor please thee one year: and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • John Milton Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Horace Tear thyself from delay.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The only gift is a portion of thyself.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • John Stuart Mill There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • Abu Sa'id To be a Sufi is to cease from taking trouble; and there is no greater trouble for thee than thine own self, for when thou art occupied with thyself, thou remainest away from God.
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Decimus Magnus Ausonius When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.
    Decimus Magnus Ausonius
    Roman poet (310 - 395)
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