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"Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting."
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Self-love
Self-love, defined as "love of self" or "regard for one's own happiness or advantage", has been conceptualized both as a basic human necessity and as a moral flaw, akin to vanity and selfishness, synonymous with amour-propre, conceitedness, egotism, narcissism, et al. However, throughout the 20th and 21st centuries self-love has adopted a more positive connotation through pride parades, Self-Respe
"Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting."
"Et sonnant davance sa victoire, Mon chant jaillit si net, si fier, si peremptoire, Que lhorizon, saisi dun rose tremblement, Mobéit."
"Since the world does not really believe in God, in the long run the God-fearing person must really love himself. The God-fearing person does not love what the world loves, but then what is left—God and himself. The world takes God away, and therefore the God-fearing person loves himself. The world regards the fear of God as self-love."
"Self-love We have reached a point where no one loves anyone as everyone is running after one thing, which is their own interest If the interest ends love melts away When the interest ends love becomes a lie and hypocrisy It is the age of interests and appearances In every human relationship, you find deception and betrayal Hearts have become dry and feelings are fake, with no honesty or sincerity In the past love was spontaneous and sincere but today it is conditional on interests and material things It is rare to find someone who loves you for yourself and sacrifices for you without expecting anything in return. We live in a time when we wait for a respectable person to make mistakes so that we can prove to people that he is not respectful. Some people are like perfume you like its scent but it does not last long O Allah the Changer of hearts make our hearts firm upon your religion and make our hearts pure and sincere sincere for your sake.~~ March 21, 2025"
"Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it."
"It is only when you have mastered the art of loving yourself that you truly love others. Its only when you have opened your own heart that you can touch the hearts of others. When you feel centered and alive, you are in a much better position to be a better person."
"Ofttimes nothing profits more Than self-esteem, grounded on just and right Well managd."
"Self-love is a principle of action; but among no class of human beings has nature so profusely distributed this principle of life and action as through the whole sensitive family of genius."
"Now, so far as I can judge, self-love is the root of all evil;"
"To observations which ourselves we make, We grow more partial for th observers sake."
"Without doubt I can teach crowing: for I gobble."
"This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind:—it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it."