Quote#Nature
Egoism is suicide. The egoist withers like a solitary barren tree;…
Quote byIvan Turgenev · 1818–1883
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Rudin (1856), Ch. 3.
English (original)
Egoism is suicide. The egoist withers like a solitary barren tree; but pride, ambition, as the active effort after perfection, is the source of all that is great ... Yes! a man must prune away the stubborn egoism of his personality to give it the right of self-expression.
— Ivan Turgenev
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