Quote by Jane Austen
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it,

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. – Jane Austen

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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. – Jane Austen

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To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. – Jane Austen

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Your spirit is the true shield. – Morihei Ueshiba

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Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us. – Thomas Browne

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There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others. – Michel de Montaigne

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If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain. – André Maurois

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