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Self-respect is often defined as a sense of worth or as due respect for oneself; it is frequently (but not always correctly) identified with or compared to self-esteem, self-confidence, dignity, self-love,
Respect Dillon, Robin S. 2007
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To purify me the more from the mixture I might make of His gifts with my own self-love,
Autobiography of Madame Guyon Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte, 1648-1717 1880
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Thus debarred from the successes which had so long flattered his self-love,
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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Hard to shine when one is covered in mud and self-love,
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tallulah Morehead 2010
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[56] 195; examples of in our Lord, Jonathan, Rebecca, [57] 196; Rebecca's conduct, [58] 196 (note); leads to same result with true self-love,
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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Steward, when, by way of scorching the Clown, he "marvels that her ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascal," gives the true texture of her mind and moral frame: "O, you are sick of self-love,
Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Henry Norman Hudson 1850
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