When a person looks in the mirror, he will never see himself with the eyes of a stranger. His self-awareness will constantly remind himself in a low voice: "What I see is not another self, but me." "[Germany] Schopenhauer: "Appendices and Supplements"

The greatest flatterer is a person's ego. Compared with it, other flatterers appear to be very rational. [English] Francis Bacon: "Essays on Love"

People would rather hide their weaknesses and imperfections than let others see them. [English] Chesterfield: "Letters"

All people love themselves. [Ancient Rome] Plautus: "The Captive"

Being better than others is not a valuable quality. What is truly rare is to surpass your original self. Indian proverb

The spring of the soul teaches me: Only by giving up the self can you see the truth. Giving up on yourself is difficult, even impossible, I think. However, the whispering spring water clearly said to me: Beauty lies here. [Japan] Dongshan Kuiyi: "Listening to the Spring"

The reason why people often feel troubled is because they are always seeking themselves. Strive to be yourself and be true to yourself at all times. Strive to achieve inner harmony. [Su] Gorky: "The Life of Klim Samkin"

Everyone thinks that their intelligence is perfect and their children are beautiful. [Persia] Saadi: "Rose Garden"

All virtues are included in self-trust. [Beauty] Emerson: "American Philosopher"

If we understand others as well as ourselves, we will feel tolerant of the most reprehensible behavior. [French] Mauroya: "Art and Life"

We are so vain that we even compare ourselves to the opinions of those we disdain. [Austrian] Maria von Eschenbach: "Collection of Aphorisms"

Conceit, like a certain type of character, is very useful if it can be controlled, otherwise it will be intolerable. [English] Halifax: "Moral Thoughts and Opinions"

Talking about oneself can also be said to be a way of hiding oneself. [Germany] Nietzsche: "Beyond Good and Evil"

If you can't command yourself, you can't command others. American proverb

In every place and every point in life, not thinking about yourself is a benefit, and forgetting yourself is happiness. [English] Stevenson: "Doom"

Even if everyone in the world holds different opinions, they don't care that some people are dizzy and think the world is spinning. [English] Burton: "The Anatomy of Melancholy"

It is more meaningful to express one's own incorrect opinion than to describe someone else's truth: in the first case, you are the only one ; and in the second case, you are nothing but a parrot! [Russian] Dostoevsky: "Crime and Punishment"

We are nothing but lies, duplicity and contradictions. We hide ourselves from ourselves and pretend to be ourselves. [French] Pascal: "Thoughts"

No poet or speaker has ever considered another poet or speaker to be better than him. [Ancient Rome] Cicero: "Letter to Atticus"

The person who writes his own biography at least has the first condition of being a historian, which is to grasp the truth. This argument is entirely rebuttable because the person writing the autobiography, while having access to the facts, is also subject to the temptation to conceal the truth. [English] Johnson: "The Idle Man"

Look at yourself, look at your heart. Is it overgrown with nettles and thorns? 〔Germany〕Strimat: "Random Thoughts"

Everyone knows where his shoes fit. Latin American Proverb

Only your own hands can touch an itchy spot. Arabic Proverb

I sought myself, but did not find myself: I found myself more by chance than by search according to my own judgment. [French] Montaigne: "Essays"

He who knows the worst in himself will not be the worse for it. [English] Fuller: "Wise Words"

People are sometimes annoyed by praise because it limits the boundaries of their merit.

[French] Wolfnag: "Collection of Proverbs"

Conceit is the best armor a person can wear. [Beautiful] Jerome Jerome: "The Leisurely Life of Idleness"

Conceit comes from nature, humility comes from necessity. [France] Pierre Reverdy

As people often say, unscrupulous slander always leaves an impression on people's minds. So if we praise ourselves without fear, it will leave an impression on people's minds, as long as the bragging is not too shameless and ridiculous. [English] Francis Bacon: "Academic Progress"

Only those who respect themselves will respect others. [Beautiful] Henry James: "Portrait of a Lady"

It seems ridiculous to me that a person is busy studying things that have nothing to do with him before he knows himself. . [Greece] Plato: "Literary Dialogues"

There is light and color around us, but if there is no light and color in our own eyes, we will not be able to see the light and color outside. [Germany] Goethe: "Goethe's Conversations"

You are just a fragment of yourself, a mouth seeking bread, a blind hand holding a glass of water for a thirsty mouth. [Li] Kahlil Gibran: "Sand and Foam"

The value of human beings lies in their ability to repent and innovate. The world's culture is nothing more than this. Repentance is the most beautiful of virtues and the source of all light. He is the soul of the inchworm, the representation of its desire to stretch. [Chinese] Wen Yiduo: "The Spirit of the Goddess of the Times"

I have been trying to understand people all my life, but I don't understand myself, I can't see what my essence is, and I can't see anything clear about myself. Can't even tell. [Su] Gorky: "The Life of Matvey Kozhemyakin"

Those who flirt easily and the women who coquettish are both narcissists, and narcissism is the love that no one can take away. . I have lived in this world for forty-seven and twenty-eight years. Ever since I was able to distinguish between good and bad, I have never seen anyone know how to cherish himself. [English] Shakespeare: "Othello"

In every place and every point in life, not thinking about yourself is a benefit, and forgetting yourself is happiness. [English] Stevenson: "Doomed"

A person can understand the universe, but he can never understand himself; the self is further away than any star. [English] Chesterton: "Orthodoxy"