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self-love

Noun

Meaning

The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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self love

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Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love. François de La Rochefoucauld

Self-love is the source of all our other loves. Pierre Corneille

Self-love seems so often unrequited. Anthony Powell

Self-love is blind. Dutch Proverb

Self-love nobody else's love. Dutch Proverb

Every kind of love is love, but self-love is supreme among them. Nigerian Proverb

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