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sure of oneself

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  1. Self-confident, as in Now that Mary's graduated she's much more sure of herself. This expression uses sure in the sense of “confident” or “secure,” a usage dating from the mid-1400s.

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One has to be very strong and very sure of oneself to go against the ordinary view of things.

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One is as sure of oneself as a woman of thirty, and with as much and as little reason.

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The vertigo of life produces itself like the vertigo of heights, when one is not sure of oneself.

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One should choose the time when the audience is not yet fully arrived, since, unless one is very sure of oneself, it is a risky matter to appear upon the scene when the house is full, or the guests for the most part assembled.

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It's maddening to know so much—to be sure of oneself.

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