Quote#Wisdom
To know when one's self is interested, is the first condition of…
Quote byWalter Pater · 1839–1894
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Marius the Epicurean (1885), Ch. 6.
English (original)
To know when one's self is interested, is the first condition of interesting other people.
— Walter Pater
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