selves

Noun

The word is derived from self

Meaning

of Self

pl. of Self.

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It happens, I do not know how, that most of the proud never really discover their true selves. They think they have conquered their passions and they find out how poor they really are only after they die. John Climacus

When from our better selves we have too long been parted by the hurrying world, and droop. Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, how gracious, how benign in solitude. William Wordsworth

People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them. Ali

A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him. William James

I have to live with both my selves as best I may. Brigitte Bardot

To believe that is we could but have this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our inadequate and blemished selves. Excessive desire is thus a means of suppressing our sense of worthlessness. Eric Hoffer

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