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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because...

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Quote by Jane Austen about hope

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne about egoism, love

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your...

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

Quote by Richard Bach about honesty, measure, conscience

We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to...

We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about problems

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others...

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about good, good luck

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, ...

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Quote by Jane Austen about principle, being, life

I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking drugs, sitting in my room, doing bad things, whatever.

Quote by Elton John about drugs, self-control, bad luck, bad, things

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about family, independence, danger, pleasure, society, life, people

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take...

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

Quote by Cesare Pavese about fasting, wish, light

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

Quote by William Cowper about egoism, guilt, shame, glory

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be...

When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.

Quote by Tennessee Williams about solitude

Our true passions are selfish.

Our true passions are selfish.

Quote by Stendhal about pasion

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity;...

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.

Quote by Jan Amos Komensky about education, nation, humanity, language, religion, end

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