himself 
him·self (him self′)
pronoun
- as an intensifier he said so himself
- as a reflexive he hurt himself
- with the meaning “his real, true, or normal self” [he is not himself today]: in this construction him functions as an adjective and self as a noun; when they are separated, the form his is used [his own sweet self]
- Irish as a subject himself will have his tea now
Etymology: OE him selfum, dat. sing. of he self: see him & self
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
He who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth will proceed by loving his own sect or church better than Christianity, and end by loving himself better than all.
Rien ne dissemble plus de lui que lui-me" me. Nothing resembles him less than himself.
The believer will fight another believer over a shade of difference: the doubter fights only with himself.
Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations Copyright © 2005 by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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