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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.
– Oscar Wilde

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  35. People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity. – Oscar Wilde
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