An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON SELF-INTEREST
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881, Swiss philosopher, poet, critic)
Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the gods have given you. It is now high time to consider what sort of world you are part of, and from what kind of governor of it you are descended; that you have a set period assigned you to act in, and unless you improve it to brighten and compose your thoughts, it will quickly run off with you, and be lost beyond recovery.
Marcus Aurelius (121-12180, Roman emperor, philosopher)
Do not neglect your own needs for someone else's... and recognize your needs so you will know what to do.
Buddha (568-488 BC, Indian born, founder of Buddhism)
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts -- the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria -- are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.
Edward Dahlberg (1900-1977, American author, critic)
Self-interest blinds some people, and makes others see.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680, French classical writer)
I don't care as much for what I am to others as I do for what I am to myself.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne (1533-1592, French philosopher, essayist)
Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.
A.S. Neil
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
American Proverb (Sayings of American origin)
A rich man has more relatives than he knows about.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
A person never gets tired working for himself.
Russian Proverb (Sayings of Russian origin)
A person should stay alive, if only out of curiosity.
Yiddish Proverb (Sayings of Yiddish origin)
A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.
David Seabury (American doctor, author)
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our necessities but of their advantages.
Adam Smith (1723-1790, Scottish economist)
A person is led on the path that he truly wants to travel on.
The Talmud (BC 500?-400? AD, Jewish archive of oral tradition)
The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.
Gough Whitlam (1916-, Australian Prime Minister)
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other people's lives alone, not interfering with them. Selfishness always aims at uniformity of type. Unselfishness recognizes
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
A little group of willful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924, American President (28th))
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