There is no one luckier than he who thinks himself so
German Proverb
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FRANCIS MAC DONALD Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
JACOPO SANNAZARO Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so
JACOPO SANNAZARO Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
UNKNOWN He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool
VOLTAIRE There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can
HENRY FORD Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
LEO TOLSTOY Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
LEO NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY A fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed.
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RAINER MARIA RILKE No other being is lesser human than the one who thinks of others as such.
ABHIJIT NASKAR He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.
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CHRISTINE PORATH He who thinks to deceive God has already deceived himself.
VIKRANT PARSAI There is one in the world who feels for him who is sad a keener pang than he feels for himself; ther...
WASHINGTON IRVING No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
ANTHONY TROLLOPE Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that h...
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.
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OCTAVIO PAZ There is no such thing as a man without friends, just a man who thinks he should have none.
RYAN THACKER The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.
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PIERCE BROWN No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself...
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CRISS JAMI A man who has nothing which he cares about more than he does about his personal safety is a miserabl...
JOHN STUART MILL There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
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BOOMER ESIASON There is no one alive who is youer than you.
DR. SEUSS No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
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SAINT BERNARD The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a ...
GAUTAMA BUDDHA A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
GRANVILLE HICKS A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
DR. LAURENCE J. PETER He who thinks becomes clever throw the schools educational system Is foolish to think so for he is f...
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MALCOLM NOTHLING A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks, a complete idiot punishe...
JASON ZEBEHAZY What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drown...
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks more of what he intends to say than of what o...
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
BRYANT H. MCGILL No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
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KARL WILHELM FRIEDRICH SCHLEGEL Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD There is no one subsists by himself alone.
OWEN FELTHAM There is no one subsists by himself alone.
OWEN FELLTHAM There is no one subsists by himself alone
OWEN FELLTHAM A poor person is one who always thinks that he is being judged by whatever he does.
VIKRANT PARSAI A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
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ANONYMOUS Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
THOMAS A KEMPIS He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.
HENRY FORD He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.
PABLO PICASSO The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in greatest concern thinks certainly he kn...
SHAFTESBURY No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself suffici...
SOCRATES He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.
GEORGE BERKELEY A man who thinks he is smarter than his wife, has a very smart wife!
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