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A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting the neighbor's. (Richard Whately)[][]
Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. (Tacitus)[][]
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it is bad economics. (Franklin Roosevelt)[][]
The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea. (Francois La Rochefoucauld)[][]
Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion. (Israel Zangwill)[][]
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