Definition of Self-Interest

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Definition of Self-Interest
	Self-interest Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self. Related Definitions: Advantage, Interest, Of, One, Or, Private, Self, The

Self-Interest Quotations

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
Chanakya

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.
Charles Baudelaire

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
Henri Frederic Amiel

My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.
Gerald R. Ford

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Self-Interest Translations

self-interest in Swedish is egennytta

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