on oneself
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Maybe so, I replied, but hearing oneself described in unflattering terms was a penance paid in working on oneself.
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2024
“It’s so easy to completely tear yourself apart in this moment, to be so down on oneself as part of this whole thing,” she said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
“Working on oneself is complicated—you have biases towards what the results would be that are cognitively difficult.”
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 30, 2022
Through inner reflection on oneself, one can then understand the nature of the world.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
It was like an inexperienced man trying 'putting the hammer;' the force exerted seemed to return on oneself, and I found myself hurled backwards with violence, while the axe fell harmless to the ground.
From The Three Impostors or The Transmutations by Arthur Machen
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