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“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success comes only later”
Confucius
“Interest which blinds some People, enlightens others.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Most men are the same. They're only interested in fucking you and they don't care whether you're happy or sad. They just want to get on with their business in and out of bed, and they make you feel that you don't count except as their sex toy.”
Cameron Diaz
“Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace”
Elbert Hubbard
“I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or ambition, or even the desire of fame”
John Adams
“It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.”
Robert Herrick
“Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies”
Fran Lebowitz
“Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.”
George Bernard Shaw
“A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.”
Gilbert Highet
