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Definition of Itself

Itself

The neuter reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself.

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Itself Quotations

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
Buddha

A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
Abraham Lincoln

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
Abraham Lincoln

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.
William Shakespeare

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.
William Shakespeare

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.
Mother Teresa

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Mahatma Gandhi

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
Mahatma Gandhi

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
Mark Twain

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
Winston Churchill

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Winston Churchill

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.
Mark Twain

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
Mark Twain

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
Audrey Hepburn

Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together.
Steve Jobs

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
Ronald Reagan

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Thomas Jefferson

I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.
Ronald Reagan

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
John Lennon

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!
Friedrich Nietzsche

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.
Friedrich Nietzsche

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Nelson Mandela

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
Khalil Gibran

The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.
Ernest Hemingway

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
Khalil Gibran

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?
Khalil Gibran

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
Khalil Gibran

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
Karl Marx

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Itself Translations

itself in Afrikaans is self
itself in Dutch is vanzelf, zelf
itself in Finnish is itse
itself in German is sich selbst, selbst
itself in Latin is sui, ipse ipsa ipsum, sese
itself in Norwegian is selv, seg

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