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Self interest Quotes

"People are always far more interested in themselves than in anyone else. Your book will most probably interest them if it helps them see themselves in a new light"

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

"Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts that simply do not make evolutionary sense"

"Why should I care about posterity? What’s posterity ever done for me?"

"Never ask a barber if you need a haircut"

"Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage"

"Such truth as opposeth no man's profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome."

"I distrust those who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires"

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."

"If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it"

"In the end, people will justify everything they want"

"When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear"

"In the state of nature, profit is the measure of right"

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