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He who is wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package.

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He who takes but never gives, may last for years but never lives.

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How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! He is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated in him as his only duty,

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EssayistEnglish1775 · 18th century

4.3 · 47 votes · 102 reads

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If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

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Arthur Schopenhauer

PhilosopherGerman1788 · 18th century

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Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves.

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François de La Rochefoucauld

WriterFrench1613 · 17th century

3.6 · 53 votes

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Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.

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Henry Ward Beecher

PoliticianAmerican1813 · 19th century

4.4 · 52 votes · 169 reads

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