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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON SELF-APPROVAL
Nothing should lessen our satisfaction with ourselves as much as when we notice that we disapprove of something at one time that we approve of at another time.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself.
Mike Piazza
What do we call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, forgiveness? Different results of the master impulse, the necessity of securing one's self-approval.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
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