Selfish – a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.
Self-love, so sensitive in its own cause, has rarely any sympathy to spare for others.[L’amour-propre, si susceptible pour lui-même, ne devine presque jamais la susceptibilité des autres.]
Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
My love is selfish. I cannot breathe without you.
Love is the most selfish of all the passions.[L’amour est la plus égoïste de toutes les passions.]
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself.[А впрочем: о чем может говорить порядочный человек с наибольшим удовольствием?]
