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Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might;
Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.
None are so desolate but something dear,
Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd
A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart.
One self-approving hour whole years outweighs
Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas;
And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels
Than Caesar with a senate at his heels.
In parts superior what advantage lies?
Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise?
'T is but to know how little can be known;
To see all others' faults, and feel our own.
There is a luxury in self-dispraise;
And inward self-disparagement affords
To meditative spleen a grateful feast.
There is a luxury in self-dispraise;
And inward self-disparagement affords
To meditative spleen a grateful feast.
Oft times nothing profits more
Than self-esteem, grounded on just and right
Well manag'd.
We hold these truths to be self-evident,—that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The premises being thus settled, I proceed to observe that the concatenation of self-existence, proceeding in a reciprocal duplicate ratio, naturally produces a problematical dialogism, which in some measure proves that the essence of spirituality may be referred to the second predicable.
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,—
These three alone lead life to sovereign power.
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin
As self-neglecting.
Everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at all.
Anger is like
A full-hot horse, who being allow'd his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin
As self-neglecting.
They say that the first inclination which an animal has is to protect itself.
Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will.
Men who can hear the Decalogue, and feel
No self-reproach.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect.
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,—
These three alone lead life to sovereign power.
Give unto me, made lowly wise,
The spirit of self-sacrifice;
The confidence of reason give,
And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!
Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
For dear to gods and men is sacred song.
Self-taught I sing; by Heaven, and Heaven alone,
The genuine seeds of poesy are sown.
