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Oneself

(pronoun) A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself. Example: "Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous."

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"I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others."
— Socrates
"Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another."
— Gautama Buddha
"To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know."
— Socrates
"To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul."
— Socrates
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
— Marcus Aurelius
"One's suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields - even to sadness."
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself."
— Friedrich Nietzsche

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