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• So much is a man worth as he esteems himself. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book ii, Chap.
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• He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser: -- Nietzsche
• He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
• No man was ever so much deceived by another as by himself. -- Greville
• The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so. -- Boileau
• A bore is a man who talks so much about himself that you can't talk about yourself.
• Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife
  he is always proud of himself as the source of it. -- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)...
• There is this difference between happiness and wisdom
  he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so...
• Man is a make-believe animal - he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
  William Hazli...