say to oneself
Example Sentences
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“If they took you into the Actors Studio, it made one say to oneself, ‘Maybe I have something.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
It is necessary to say to oneself, That is good for Rubens, this for Raphael, Titian, or Michael Angelo.
From The Mind of the Artist Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art by Binyon, Cicely Margaret Powell
Embracing then Modesty, say to oneself, 'Good my friend, Be thou content with flowers,--fruit,--nay, leaves, But pluck them from no garden but thine own!'
From Cyrano De Bergerac by Guillemard, Mary F.
What pride, what triumph to say to oneself, I have made my age and ugliness forgotten!
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
When one feels oneself smitten by love for a woman, one ought to say to oneself, 'What are 'her surroundings?
From Swann's Way by Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
