Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frogs foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox. – Miguel de Cervantes

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If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. – Alexander The Great

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Brave enough to be
strong enough to be
true to yourself.
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brave enough to be
strong enough to
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One is rated by others as he rates himself. – Proverb

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I have often wondered how it is everyone loves himself more than the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than the opinions of others. – Marcus Aurelius

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