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

self love

selfishness vanity conceit narcissism amour propre narcism pride arrogance self-esteem egoism self-confidence complacency egotism snobbery megalomania

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amity care concern consideration charity compassion

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pride vanity conceit conceitedness pridefulness

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