Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer
If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life wo

If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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

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The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation. – Hailliard

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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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