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• We prefer to speak evil of ourselves rather than not speak of ourselves at all.
• We prefer to speak evil of ourselves than not speak of ourselves at all.
• The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
  -- Victor Hugo...
• Perilous to all of us are the devices of an art deeper than we ourselves possess.
  -- Gandalf the Grey...
• We apply ourselves to perfection of That.
• We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
• We dedicated ourselves to a powerful idea -- organic law rather than naked power.
  There seems to be universal acceptance of that idea in the nation....
• We prefer to help ourselves. We make mistakes, but we're human -- and maybe that's the word that best explains us.
  -- Kirk, "I, Mudd," stardate 4513.3....