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How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a mans self to himself!

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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I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their fathers religion, if they can find out what it is. – Charles Lamb

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The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend. – Charles Lamb

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Ive given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself. – Oscar Levant

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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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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

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