“I prefer nothing but that they act like themselves, and I like myself.”
Reported by Marcus Tullius Cicero in a letter to Atticus.
Variant translations:
There is nothing I like better than that I should be true to myself and they to themselves.
Disputed
Original
Nihil enim malo quam et me mei similem esse et illos sui.
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Julius Caesar 18
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Source: 6 Bishops on Their Favorite Saints, Spirituality https://www.ncregister.com/blog/6-bishops-on-their-favorite-saints-spirituality (21 January 2020)

“I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong”
During an interview in the latter years of his career http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YOti0icEbw

Buffon, as quoted in Football Italia (07/01/07)