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lose oneself

Verb

Meaning

To lose one's way; to become lost.

(figuratively) To become deeply involved (in something) or overwhelmed by a (particular) sensation or emotion.

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To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. Soren Kierkegaard

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be a gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy. Robert Louis Stevenson

The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy. Gustave Flaubert

Here to lose oneself forever is eternal happiness. Henry Suso

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