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Quote by Julio Cortazar
Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himsel

Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself. – Julio Cortazar

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Only in dreams, in poetry, in play do we sometimes arrive at what we were before we were this thing that, who knows, we are. – Julio Cortazar

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

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How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a mans self to himself! He is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated in him as his only duty, – Charles Lamb

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Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant. – Mme. Roland

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Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. – Doug Horton

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