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The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

— Dean Acheson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The focus of subjectivity is a distorting mirror.

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

The only person you need to be credible to is yourself. When you stand in front of the mirror and nobody is watching, are you happy with yourself?

— Afrojack

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.

— Mason Cooley

In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive.

— John Scott

I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?

— Michael Lewis

One thing a narcissist doesn't like is to look in a mirror that is in any way genuinely reflective of what's on the other side of it.

— Jay Parini

The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.

— Alan Watts

I look in the mirror every morning, okay. What is going on here? You know, I just say, 'Look, it's sheer insanity.'

— Si Robertson

✗Opposing Perspectives

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.

— Walter Cronkite