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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish.
Next to the very young, the very old are the most selfish.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put read more
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.
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, read more
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.
Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.
