Famous Quotes | Self-love has nowhere a greater...

Self-love has nowhere a greater share, nor is more predominant in any passion, than in that love; and men are always more disposed to sacrifice all the ease and comfort of them they love than to part with any degree of their own. - François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
Attribution: François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680), French writer, moralist. repr. F.A. Stokes Co., New York (c. 1930). Moral Maxims and Reflections, no. 262 (1665-1678), trans. London (1706).

Categories: Love, Moralist, Self-love, Selfishness, Writer

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