A Quote by Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

Only by knowledge of that which is not thyself, shall thyself be learned.

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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Knowledge Learned Only Shall Thyself Which

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Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
English - Celebrity
November 8, 1831 - November 24, 1891

Weep bitterly over the dead, for he is worthy, and then comfort thyself; drive heaviness away: thou shall not do him good, but hurt thyself.

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Love thyself, so that you can love another. Love thyself so that you cannot project fear. Love thyself so as to let others love you. Love thyself so as to let people near.

Robert Holden

Extirpate two thoughts within thyself: do not consider thyself worthy of anything great, and do not think that any other man is much lower than thou in worthiness. Learn humble mindedness beforehand, which the Lord commanded in word and showed forth in deed. Hence, do not expect obedience from others, but be ready for obedience thyself.

Saint Basil

Know thyself, for through thyself only thou canst know God.

John Ruskin

The way to subject all things to thyself is to subject thyself to reason; thou shalt govern many, if reason govern thee. Wouldst thou be crowned the monarch of a little world? command thyself.

Francis Quarles

Now thyself is more important than “Know thyself.

Mel Brooks

Know thyself, especially thyself after a couple of drinks.

Robert Breault

Check thyself before thy wreck thyself.

Tyler Oakley

I do not see them here; but after death God knows I know the faces I shall see, Each one a murdered self, with low last breath. 'I am thyself,what hast thou done to me?' 'And Iand Ithyself,' (lo! each one saith,) 'And thou thyself to all eternity!

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

We are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

William Penn

The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself.

Thomas Carlyle

Wherever...thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.