Antonyms for by oneselfby one·self

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1. by oneselfadverb

   Alone; without assistance or help from others.

   Synonyms:
   on ones own

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1. Cesare Pavese:

   One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love -- any love -- reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.

2. Alasdair Macintyre:

   If someone says that he cares for some individual, community, or cause, but is unwilling to risk harm or danger on his, her, or its behalf, he puts into question the genuineness of his care and concern. Courage, the capacity to risk harm or danger to oneself, has its role in human life because of this connection with care and concern

3. Isaac Mashman:

   To act out of desperation is to act out of instinct. To let oneself get to that point however, is to ignore self-preservation.

4. Paul Valery:

   The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

5. Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear:

   It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

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