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- People are never so ready to believe you as when you say things in dispraise of yourself; and you are never so much annoyed as when they take you at your word.
- Somerset Maugham
- You want to raise your child in such a way that you don%uFFFDt have to control him, so that he will be in full possession of himself at all times. Upon that depends his good behavior, his health, his sanity.
- L. Ron Hubbard (1911 - 1986), Book: Child Dianetics
- I knew a man who gave up smoking, drinking, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.
- Johnny Carson (1925 - 2005), people magazine special issue
- He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
- English Proverb
- He is most cheated who cheats himself.
- Danish Proverb
- God conceals himself from the mind of man, but reveals himself to his heart.
- African Proverb
- For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie.
- The Talmud
- First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
- Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
- First mend yourself, and then mend others.
- Jewish Proverb
- Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
- Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977)
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