Quote by Jane Austen
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not i

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

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My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation that is what I call good company. – Jane Austen

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There are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are of pretty woman to deserve them. – Jane Austen

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A ladys imagination is very rapid it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. – Jane Austen

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As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. – Helen Keller

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The greatest productive force is human selfishness. – Robert A. Heinlein

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In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, licking the earth. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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