Selfishness Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about selfishness.

Concepción Arenal

Concepción Arenal

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Great egoists are the stock of great villains.

Jane Austen

Jane Austen

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I have been a selfish being all my life, not in theory, but in practice.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The selfish person would be capable of setting fire to the neighbor's house to fry an egg.

Pío Baroja

Pío Baroja

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When a man looks at himself too much, he ends up not knowing which is his face and which is his mask.

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

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An egotist is a person who thinks more about themselves than about me.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The selfish person loves himself without rivals.

Douglas Coupland

Douglas Coupland

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I have realized that most people are too preoccupied with their own lives to spare the slightest thought for others.

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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There are people who would find comfort even in the end of the world, as long as they had announced it.