Concern for your own interests and welfare.
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A disbelief in God results in selfishness, and in various moral catastrophes.
2
Russia stands for reaction; England for selfishness and perfidy; France for decadence.
3
The life that rejoices in solitude may be only rejoicing in selfishness.
4
The persecutions of the early Church originated partly in selfishness and superstition.
5
It needs much discipline and watchfulness; it excludes all self-will and selfishness.
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Then it was that in the stupidity of his egotism he said:
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Henceforth, you will no longer live in the selfish egotism of solitude.
3
Carew was all in all: his devouring egotism swallowed up historical association.
4
At least a bank manager's money is not so tainted by egotism.
5
Her shallowness soothed him; her inconsequent egotism helped him to forget himself.
1
It was an ideal style to promote a policy of 'sacred egoism'.
2
For us the future means egoism; further than that we cannot see.
3
He hated them all; he felt himself crushed by this universal egoism.
4
The magnificent egoism of mankind in love struck her as distinctly diverting.
5
The girl found his incredible egoism at once amusing and extremely exasperating.
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The old distinction between egoism and altruism is thus an artificial one.
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We think of egoism and intellectualism as closely confined to the arts.
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Yes, modesty; for egoism such as he had was not foolish pride.
9
They fittingly express the consummate egoism with which I was then afflicted.
10
My love had blinded my wisdom with the heavy mask of egoism.
11
This petrifaction of egoism would from amazedly to austerely refuse the petition.
12
For the robust egoism of Mr. Burns is largely a class pride.
13
The story was sentimental drivel, full of whimpering soft-heartedness and gushing egoism.
14
He could not help laughing at her egoism: and she laughed too.
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The fierce, tender egoism of her love filled him with exultant pride.
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With a child's egoism I seized only upon my own particular case.
