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It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher. ↗

— George Whitefield

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Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

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Star quality is one of the most difficult things to describe. It emanates from the person, and he may not even understand it himself. It's a quality that separates the star from the rest of us. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

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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. ↗

— Andre Gide

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Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him. ↗

— William Godwin

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The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself. ↗

— William Godwin

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The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself. ↗

— William Godwin

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A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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