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Self-interest |
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Quotations
 | Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 10 likes |
 | Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 9 likes |
 | Hounds follow those who feed them. — Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor 6 likes |
 | The most violent, mean and malignant passions of the human breast, the Furies of private interest. — Karl Marx, 1818-1883, German philosopher 6 likes |
 | What men value in this world is not rights but privileges. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 6 likes |
 | We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics. — Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945] 5 likes |
 | Lover's words: “How beautiful you are, now that you love me.” — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 4 likes |
 | The politics of the university are so intense because the stakes are so low. — Wallace Stanley Sayre, 1905-1972, American political scientist 3 likes |
 | Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 3 likes |
 | There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. — Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher 3 likes |
 | I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year. — Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress 3 likes |
 | We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves. — George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer 1 likes |
| She hates everything that is not what she longs for. — George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer 1 likes |
 | I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble. — Earl Warren, 1891-1974, American Chief Justice 1 likes |
| The prostitute will leave a customer who has no money, the citizen a king who can not defend him, the birds a tree that has no fruit and the guests a house where the meals are over. — Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher 1 likes |
 | America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests. — Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023, American politician 1 likes |
 | To benefit from avoiding a wrong is a way of being guilty. — Marguerite Yourcenar, 1903-1987, French writer 1 likes |
 | The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. — Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer 1 likes |
 | 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. — Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker 1 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | The “right” is nothing more than what benefits the powerful. Το δίκαιον ουκ άλλο τι ή του κρείττονος ξυμφέρον. — Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 26 likes |
 | What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee. Το τω σμήνει μη συμφέρον ουδὲ τη μελίσση συμφέρει. — Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD, Roman Emperor ‐ Meditations VI, 54 6 likes |
 | One’s country is wherever one does well. Πατρίς γαρ εστι πάσ’ ίν’ αν πράττη τις ευ. — Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Plutus 4 likes |
