Usage examples of "soi-même" in French with translation to English

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Charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même. Charity begins at home.
On ne peut pas se chatouiller soi-même. You can't tickle yourself.
S'aider soi-même est la meilleure aide. Self-help is the best help.
Être libre, c'est se posséder soi-même. To know one's self is to be free.
Aider les autres, c'est s'aider soi-même. To help others is to help yourself.
On n'est jamais si bien servi que par soi-même If you want something done right, do it yourself
Il ne faut compter que sur soi-même. Et encore, pas beaucoup. You must only count on yourself. And yet, not a lot.
Tout le monde doit apprendre par soi-même en fin de compte. Everyone must learn on their own in the end.
La meilleure manière de prédire l'avenir est de le créer soi-même. The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.
Comment pourrait-on gouverner autrui quand on ne sait pas se gouverner soi-même ? How could we govern others when we cannot govern ourselves?
La manière la plus louable d'acquérir des livres et de les écrire soi-même. The most laudable way of acquiring books is by writing them yourself.
Si vous voulez que quelque chose soit fait correctement, il faut parfois le faire soi-même. If you want something done right, sometimes you've just gotta do it yourself.
Avant de pouvoir aimer les autres, il faut être en mesure de s'aimer soi-même. Before you can love others, you need to be able to love yourself.
C'est mal de tromper les gens, mais c'est pire de se tromper soi-même. It's wrong to deceive people, but worse to deceive yourself.
Si vous voulez que quelque chose soit fait correctement, il suffit parfois de le faire soi-même. If you want something done right, sometimes you've just gotta do it yourself.
Tout le monde pense à changer le monde, mais personne ne pense à se changer soi-même. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
La procrastination est comme la masturbation : c'est marrant jusqu'à ce qu'on prenne conscience qu'on se baise soi-même. Procrastination is like masturbation, it's fun until you realize you're just fucking yourself.
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