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

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.

The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

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

Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.