“ The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower. ”
- Florence Nightingale- Copy
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“ The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it is afraid of itself. ”
- William Hazlitt- Copy
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“ Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
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“ People have this obsession. They want you to be like you were in 1969. They want you to, because otherwise their youth goes with you. It's very selfish, but it's understandable. ”
- Mick Jagger- Copy
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“ The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain. ”
- John Ruskin- Copy
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“ The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish? ”
- Myrtle Barker- Copy
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“ The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart. ”
- Bhagavad Gita- Copy
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“ All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives. ”
- Lawana Blackwell- Copy
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“ A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. ”
- Richard Whately- Copy
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“ Corrupt, stupid, grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish, and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism. ”
- Walter Lippmann- Copy
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“ Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. ”
- The Holy Bible- Copy
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“ I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven. ”
- Barbara Streisand- Copy
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“ I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me. ”
- John Gotti- Copy
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“ If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being. ”
- Robert Louis Stevenson- Copy
- 1.8K
“ It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish. ”
- Thomas Szasz- Copy
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“ Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome. ”
- George Santayana- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. ”
- William Makepeace Thackeray- Copy
- 2.6K
“ When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. ”
- Tennessee Williams- Copy
- 566
“ You do have to be fairly selfish when you have a gift. You cannot afford to let too many outside things get in the way. ”
- Sarah Brightman- Copy
- 958
“ Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody. ”
- Marcus Annaeus Seneca- Copy
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