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“don't over-estimate your own merits.” Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness
“Narcissus so himself himself forsook, And died to kiss his shadow in the brook.” William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis
“For the most part people are not curious except about themselves.” John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
“don't expect others to take as much interest in you as you do yourself.” Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness
“although a skilful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you can keep him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people.” Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
“Usually we only praise to be praised.” François de La Rochefoucauld, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.” C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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Mere Christianity (1)
Nicholas Nickleby (1)
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