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Letter "S" » selfishness
«Well, I know they've always told you/Selfishness was wrong/Yet it was for me, not you, I came to write this song/»
«We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from losing ourselves.»
Author: Paul Valery
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Poet)
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Self-love
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«Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness»
«Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.»