#egotism

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

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The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the victim of a deplorable species of egotism. ↗

— Alma Gluck

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Mastery passes often for egotism. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

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France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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Apology is only egotism wrong side out. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now. ↗

— Douglas Adams

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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see. ↗

— George V. Higgins

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Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it. ↗

— George Santayana

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