How To Use Selfishness In A Sentence

Machiavelli was a chief target of the philoso - phes because he preached an amoralistic selfishness which promoted despotic arbitrariness. MACHIAVELLISM
Both acts are born of reckless selfishness and crass stupidity and both should be condemned. The Sun
Those on the left side accentuate anger, hate, jealousy, and selfishness. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
There are rare instances of secret and entirely human selfishness. Times, Sunday Times
So while selection within groups favors selfishness, those groups with many altruists do better. SuperCooperators

When a man forbids his wife to marry again without losing what he leaves -- it's what I call selfishness after death. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures
His selfishness and single-minded pursuit ‘to be someone’ has left casualties along the way.
Nor, of course, can individuals, families, and communities, survive if the order of the natural world or the ecosphere is destroyed, as even the most extreme adept of the cult of selfishness will soon realise.
His examples from the past reveal that greed, hubris and selfishness often impeded recognition of a problem until it was too late.
Were your relationships characterized by service or by selfishness? Christianity Today
On the signboard outside the village hall, a mysterious announcement appeared: Let all men recognize your unselfishness, your considerateness, your forbearing spirit. A Christmas Parable By Judith Moran
Nor will the eternal movelessness that is coming to me be made easier or harder by the sacrifices or selfishnesses of the time when I was yeasty and acrawl. Chapter 8
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. Jane Austen
But today's Republicans are a nihilistic pack who would turn against everything their predecessors believed in, in the name of selfishness and greed. Richard (RJ) Eskow: The New GOP: Anti-Kids, Anti-Jobs, Anti-Business... And Anti-Republican
And the term "entitlement" resonates with that word's other meaning - selfishness and the greedy assumption that one deserves to be served by others as in "he acts so entitled. Richard (RJ) Eskow: "Entitlement Reform" Is a Euphemism For Letting Old People Get Sick and Die
The strength of altruism lies in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
The writer categorically states that selfishness has no place in marriage.
So many of us live in a life of delusion, of separation, of selfishness and of loneliness.
As a manifestation of petty selfishness and greed such meanness is hard to credit.
Kira carried on walking, muttering angrily to herself about the absolute stupidity and selfishness of demons and mythical creatures.
in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect. George Sand
Worse, her entire output can be summed up in the three words: “selfishness is good.” wiley says: Matthew Yglesias » The Sweet Spot
Then maybe we would have a chance at eradicating poverty, universal health care, protection of women’s and minority rights … as it is, the Dem “leadership” is a close second in craven corporate selfishness to the Republicans. Think Progress » You Go Into A Disaster With The FEMA You Have
Wingnutism is less a political position than a general attitude of selfishness and mean-spiritedness. Think Progress » McDonnell apologizes, promises to acknowledge slavery in Confederacy proclamation.
For that business man down in the sharp competition of the world where duty calls him, to resist the sly temptations to overreach, to keep keenly alert not to be overreached; and through all to preserve an uncensorious spirit, unhurt by the selfishness of the crowd -- tell me, some of you men -- _will that not take power_? Quiet Talks on Power
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. Napoleon Hill
It is what I call selfishness, and selfishness is a most detestable thing, especially to any one of my temperament, for I am well known for my sympathetic nature. The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself. Henry Ward Beecher
For Erasmus, divine contemplation was synonymous with idleness and monkish solitude was nothing more than baneful selfishness.
No doubt the result, he thought, of selfishness, his other besetting sin. BARN BLIND
They live for up to several months in the bush, where they learn to overcome pride, egotism, and selfishness.
What we are getting in their place are naked selfishness, unbridled materialism and marginalisation of compassion.
We are individuals as well as social beings, and open to accusations of selfishness and hypocrisy.
Both acts are born of reckless selfishness and crass stupidity and both should be condemned. The Sun
Barrymore has the showier role and gives the more riveting performance, but that takes nothing away from Lange, who captures the smothering selfishness that was the flip side of Big Edie's determination to live life on her own terms. Lange, Barrymore captivate in HBO's 'Grey Gardens'
Smoking is an evil, deadly addiction, and for smokers to insist on blowing their foul pollution onto other people is the very epitome of senseless selfishness.
Far from exhibiting the "nihilistic selfishness" of trying to "preserve" things in "aspic" - of which planning minister Greg Clark has accused the reforms' opponents - Oakham has accepted that it should be a focus for future housing growth. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
Chuang Tzu's theory on use and uselessness focuses on ego and non - ego, and selfishness and selflessness.
Although they come at it from different perspectives, both owners exhibit a naked greed and selfishness that is undermining the existence of professional sports.
His selfishness was the root of trouble.
Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it. Mason Cooley
Virtue is the antipode of selfishness.
There's plenty of meanness, pettiness, selfishness, and loathsomeness out there; let's focus some attention on the greatness. Arianna Huffington: Introducing HuffPost's Greatest Person of the Day: Lessons in Creativity, Generosity and Passion
Emotional selfishness is not a concept in dogdom and they don't know how hard we sometimes have to fight against it ourselves.
He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on "selfishness" and "rapacity".
Morality is often rendered impotent by human selfishness, avarice and wickedness. And few people take morality seriously, or are committed to what is morally right, when personal interests are at stake. Dr T.P.Chia
They will tell you that all religions teach us to value life, to refrain from harming others, and to renounce selfishness.
You call it selfishness I call it individualism, and individualism is what made this country great. Matthew Yglesias » Victimization and Selfishness
He's a series of contradictory characteristics - valor/cowardice, nobility/cravenness, promiscuity / uxoriousness, selfishness/camaraderie, and every one of them is genuine, as the situation demands.
A nation addicted to fucking while avoiding the results of that fucking, with latex interference, early term abortion, anything to add to selfishness and serving the Almighty ME-ISM of the incredibly autotheistic female/male ID worshipping, slovenly, porcine icon. The Stealing Of AmericaThrough Sadism, Cowardice and Bullying
Were your relationships characterized by service or by selfishness? Christianity Today
The sin of selfishness can be avoided by obeying the second commandment, which is to put friends and family before food. Times, Sunday Times
What you call crankiness in old people, so trying to the younger generations, does not arise from natural hatefulness of disposition and a released congenital selfishness, but from atrophying glands, and, no doubt, a subtle rebellion against nature for consigning men to ineptitude when they should be entering upon their best period of usefulness, and philosophical as well as active enjoyment of life. Black Oxen
And it is selfishness like that which will crush socialism, you fathead!
We consume from necessity, with a self-righteous tinge of regret; others waste because of selfishness and stupidity.
Her selfishness will come home to roost someday.
The strength of altruism lies in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
Even his own gentle unselfishness comes under scrutiny.
Materialism and selfishness are not exclusively godless traits any more than decency and charity are exclusively religious ones.
The thoughtless selfishness of politicians really disgusts me.
his unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess
Unshaped character leads to chaos, selfishness, and rampant nitwittery. Keisha and Mary.
Chinese culture indicates the essence of self - concern including clan system, collectivism, hiding selfishness, personification.
Or in order to prove the rationality and necessity of the capitalist form of society, scholars have tried to make a case for acquisitiveness , competitiveness, and selfishness as innate human traits.
The Western tendency was towards invidualism and selfishness and if the council could help to "indigenise" ubuntu "we will have ANC Daily News Briefing
It's not an act of fandom, but of selfishness and laziness.
in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
He promised a saviour who would carry the sin, selfishness, unbelief, disease, grief, sorrow and fear of death on Himself and Destroy that fear, for Good.
Were your relationships characterized by service or by selfishness? Christianity Today
Moreover, we cannot credit such selfishness on the part of such a man, or believe that he, to whom a grateful sovereign and country decerned every recompense in their power to bestow, would be so thankless to the men to whose sweat and blood he mainly owed his success -- to men who bore him, it may truly be said, upon their shoulders, to the highest pinnacle of greatness a British subject can possibly attain. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
Religion is a road map not to some underlying codes hidden in the Bible but my underlying G-dly nature that sits beneath my ambition, selfishness, and egocentrism and strives to come out. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Rise of the Religious Charlatans
Waiving humanity, national honor, the claims of gratitude, the precious satisfaction arising from deeds of charity and justice to the weak and defenceless, -- the appeal for impartial suffrage addresses itself with great pertinency to the darkest, coldest, and flintiest side of the human heart, and would wring righteousness from the unfeeling calculations of human selfishness. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue
She complains bitterly when her younger sister helps herself to her cosmetics or clothes, yet seems to think that my rants about her own, er, ‘borrowing’ habits are merely signs of selfishness and bad temper on my part.
It was his Gospel he referred to as his unpublished book, his doctrine of Selfishness, and of Man the irresponsible Machine. Mark Twain: A Biography
Out of self-interest, rich or eminent people who would curry popular favor to gain political office will dissemble their selfishness and pride.
There can be no solutions until humanity has learned the meaning of words like co-operation, unselfishness, fraternity and trust.
in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
Its members have no volition, no foresight, no memory, no altruism (nor selfishness, in the strict sense).
Suppose that they had seriously endeavored, and had succeeded in the endeavor, to banish the word disinterestedness from the language; had obtained the disuse of all expressions attaching odium to selfishness or commendation to self-sacrifice, or which implied generosity or kindness to be any thing but doing a benefit in order to receive a greater personal advantage in return. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. Napoleon Hill
James always put others first and his generosity and unselfishness will be fondly remembered by all who knew him.
Only children [23] illustrate differing effects of isolation, while "mashes" and "crushes" and ultra-crony-ism with "selfishness for two" show the results of abnormal restriction of the irradiation of the social instinct which should now occur. [ Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
The latter part of his system is clearly countenanced by the sacred writings; and it does appear to be a stretch of language, to apply the term selfishness to the longing which the sincere Christian feels for the full enjoyment of God. The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings
Traits with the opposite implications are assessed as the most undesirable (e.g., conceitedness, selfishness, insecurity, aggressiveness, shyness).
You may have missed it, but the party of selfishness is now in the deep, deep minority in this country. Bring your gun (Jack Bog's Blog)
Running his employer out of business because cheap labour offends you is an act of selfishness. Times, Sunday Times
Rees then used a jug of water to help the students visualise our common need for ‘spiritual cleansing’ from hatred and selfishness.
UNM's Miller, for instance, complains that critics "have convinced a substantial portion of the educated public that evolutionary psychology is a pernicious right-wing conspiracy," and complains that believing in evolutionary psychology is seen "as an indicator of conservatism, disagreeableness and selfishness. Archive 2009-07-01
On the other hand, there are their counterparts of avarice, fraud, injustice, and selfishness, as displayed by the inordinate lovers of gain; and the vices of thriftlessness, extravagance, and improvidence, on the part of those who misuse and abuse the means entrusted to them.
She found the man a baffling and fascinating combination of qualities, all petty selfishness and colossal egotisms one minute, abounding in endless charms and graces and small endearing chivalries the next; outrageously outspoken at times, at other times, reticent to the point of secretiveness; now reaching the most extravagant pitch of high spirits, and then, almost without warning, submerged in moods of Stygian gloom from which nothing could rouse him. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth
It is a story of greed and selfishness eventually defeated by cooperation and friendship.
I was a few paces on before I even considered my selfishness and lack of empathy.
Drafted by the Shimla-based Army Training Command, the code dubs sycophancy and manipulation deadly diseases caused by the “virus of ambition and selfishness”. Archive 2008-02-01
Today, the prophets would once again see truth and justice shackled with chains, enslaved by selfishness and the lust for power and empire.
The strength of altruism lies in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
Instead, Douglass went on to argue, the "appeal for impartial suffrage" must address itself "to the darkest, coldest, and flintiest side of the human heart" and must "wring righteousness from the unfeeling calculations of human selfishness. Rhetoric of Freedom
If the gentlemen's code lauded self-sacrifice, its opposite selfishness - was behavior that, if egregious enough, could defrock a gentleman.
Today, the prophets would once again see truth and justice shackled with chains, enslaved by selfishness and the lust for power and empire.
I guess you’re right that no amount of ingenuity in regulation is ever going to lead to the best possible outcomes in an economic system that elevates selfishness over all other motivations. — sam Freakonomics in the Times Magazine: Unintended Consequences - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
She also knew herself to be incredibly selfish and rather insightfully understood that selfishness could get in the way of the whole sharing-each-other's lives thing that seems to go hand in hand with marriage.
As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind,so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
And I should like them, if I believed they would make the Grecian women something _better_ than mere domestic slaves," said Philothea; "but such as Aspasia will never raise women out of the bondage in which they are placed by the impurity and selfishness of man. Philothea A Grecian Romance
The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds some important benefit. Ralph Waldo Emerson
“And I should like them, if I believed they would make the Grecian women something better than mere domestic slaves,” said Philothea; “but such as Aspasia will never raise women out of the bondage in which they are placed by the impurity and selfishness of man. Philothea
But you must not suppose that he was capable of a gross selfishness, or that he could have been satisfied without persuading himself that he was seeking to infuse some happiness into Maggies life, seeking this even more than any direct ends for himself. I. In the Red Deeps. Book V—Wheat and Tares
As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind,so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
The strength of altruism lies in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
Nor will the eternal movelessness that is coming to me be made easier or harder by the sacrifices or selfishnesses of the time when I was yeasty and acrawl. Chapter 8
The ignorance, arrogance, and selfishness is simply amazing. Poll: Paterson's numbers bottom out?
The appeal of socialism can be explained by simply observing that envy is approximately as strong a force in human behavior as selfishness. The Volokh Conspiracy » Democracy and the Appeal of Socialism
A crime of such selfishness, vindictiveness and plain no-goodedness that I hesitate to lay it before you in all its red toothed, black cloaked and villainous evil.
It's the roar of selfishness, greed, vanity, avarice, addiction, lust and pointless stupidity.
Let us turn from selfishness and deceit, from self-pity and self-seeking to discover the spirit of God which is the true spirit of thanksgiving, dedication and commitment.
Others may see this selfism or selfishness as a type of spiritual sickness. Bodhi Bit--Contemplating Death
In a very Screwtapian, that is to say diabolic irony, these nobler ideals are often the best disguise for our group selfishness, for we can thereby disguise our primitiveness even from ourselves. Assistant Village Idiot
It was out of selfishness that I invited you to go with me on that sightseeing trip and to the hayride.
Oh, you little mortal known as man; you microscopical mixture of protoplasm and egotism; you atomical speck of ignorance and avarice; you who believe that the earth, moon, stars and all creation was manufactured for your special benefit; if you could only be shown your actual size in the universe as I was on that occasion, I think it would result in the eradication of some of your innate vanity and selfishness, thereby proving an incalculable blessing to you. Born Again
Jan follows such an entropic arc, but his initial infantilism makes one wonder if the war has eroded his psyche or merely amplified the selfishness that defined his character long before the violence began.
Only Dunst's Justine exists, shrouded in solipsism and selfishness, the sort of bubble that allows you to think you make your own rules such as decreeing a Dogma declaration and say dumb things and that all your acolytes will still think you're wonderful. Antisemitism, paedophilia, sex and talking beavers: Cannes film festival 2011 round-up§
His fellow winners—there were originally ten—likewise were always grotesque parodies of childish vices such as greed, selfishness, conceitedness, television addiction, or being spoiled. Storyteller
in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
The demand of the belly-need is too strong; the friction too great: individuality is repressed, forced to manifest itself in acquisitiveness and selfishness. What Communities Lose by the Competivie System
It is this uncostly gentleness of bearing which gives a winning impression of the whole people, whatever selfishness or real discourtesy lie beneath it. Venetian Life
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. Jane Austen
She was, after long experience, wary of her uncle's selfishness, sometimes blatant, sometimes subtle.
As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind,so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
Let a man throw aside that narrowness of soul, that selfishness of principle, which the niggards of all professions are so unwilling to part with; and he will be at once delivered of his fears on that head.
Both acts are born of reckless selfishness and crass stupidity and both should be condemned. The Sun
If you try to hold the spirit, you breed selfishness and self-centeredness. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
Morality is often rendered impotent by human selfishness, avarice and wickedness. And few people take morality seriously, or are committed to what is morally right, when personal interests are at stake. Dr T.P.Chia
The core premise is that selflessness outweighs selfishness—that is, Rick does not use the letters of transit for himself.
I thought being human was all about goodness and sharing, not about greed and selfishness.
He took to Kildare and its people in an admirable manner and his involvement with various organisations was indicative of his unselfishness.
Sometimes a bit of selfishness, if it leads to greater self-knowledge, is no bad thing.
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself. Henry Ward Beecher
In an era dominated by greed and selfishness, they acted with phenomenal selflessness.
He called his iniquitous vices, follies -- his licentiousness, love of pleasure -- his unprincipled expenditure and extravagance, a want of the knowledge of what money was: and his worst sin of all, because the one least likely to be abandoned, his positive, unyielding damning selfishness, he called "fashion" -- the fashion of the young men of the day. The Kellys and the O'Kellys
Our best intentions are sometimes subverted by our natural tendency to selfishness.
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.Listen to it carefully. Richard Bach
_Simple_ reflex action, or instinct, answers to the animal faculties, such as acquisitiveness, secretiveness, selfishness, reproductiveness, etc., and accomplishes two important purposes; self-preservation and the reproduction of the specie. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
He adds, ‘The impulse to hoard, along with selfishness generally, is in my view inherent in human nature.’
There is a tendency to what some might consider utter selfishness in the Arien personality, but confront your Aries mate with such an accusation and their reaction will very probably be one of complete incomprehension.
It cannot be assumed that altruism and unselfishness will prevail.
Such an occurrence as a death in a lazaretto, mere selfishness renders striking. Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo
Greenish eyes, it is asserted, have the same general meaning as gray eyes, with the addition of selfishness or a sinistrous disposition. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources
What kind of selfishness put their families back home under such intolerable pressure?
You are so right, alas, there is more and more and no shortage of begrudgery and petty selfishness in Ballina.
We've all been guilty of selfishness at some time in our lives.
He was angered by the selfishness of the others.
The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds some important benefit. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Maybe that's selfishness and egotism, but that's how I feel.
As, on the other hand, Jackanapes (who had a boy's full share of the little beast and the young monkey in his natural composition) was none the worse, at his tender years, for learning some maidenliness, -- so far as maidenliness means decency, pity, unselfishness, and pretty behavior. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes
Greed, envy, hatred, selfishness, vanity, and arrogance are all negative traits which must be totally eliminated.
In rapid succession, the minister exposes her ignorance, selfishness, incompetence, and unhesitating willingness to deceive the British public.
And those who possess or have cultivated in themselves this fine moral sentiment of unselfishness, justice, and considerateness, will be surrounded by an atmosphere of culture though their dwelling-place be an uncarpeted cabin, while those who lack this restraining grace will be "uncultivated" though their surroundings afford every comfort, beauty, and luxury. Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls
His judgment was clouded by selfishness.
He will say that society is riven with irresponsibility, selfishness and a lack of responsibility. Times, Sunday Times
Should any one seek to bargain with himself to pay the price of loss of self, so that he might gain the higher, fuller life, his sacrifice would be in vain because it would not be selflessness, but selfishness -- there could be no _sacrifice_, were it a bargain. Cosmic Consciousness
‘People's neglect of God has led them into selfishness and greed, therefore the only way they can purify themselves is by practicing religious teachings,’ he said.
It may be some one of our original stock of sins not yet mortified; or some new sin into which we have recently fallen; or some relaxation of our spiritual life, out of which has arisen, perhaps, one dangerous temptation, such as lukewarmness, selfishness, or vainglory. Sermons. Volume Third.
He was such an extraordinary political leader precisely because of his unselfishness and firm integrity.
It may be a little tawdry, but the whole of capitalist economics is based on selfishness and greed.
Mr. Salter explicitly denies that the moral virtues come "from below, from prudence, from the sense of decency, from longsighted selfishness; they who think so," he declares, in a fine burst, "never breathed the climate of morality. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive
Alas! it is the narrowness, selfishness, minuteness, of your sensation that you have to deplore in England at this day; sensation which spends itself in bouquets and speeches; in revelings and junketings; in sham fights and gay puppet shows, while you can look on and see noble nations murdered, man by man, without an effort or a tear. Sesame and Lilies. Lecture I.-Sesame: Of Kings’ Treasuries
He called his iniquitous vices, follies his licentiousness, love of pleasure his unprincipled expenditure and extravagance, a want of the knowledge of what money was: and his worst sin of all, because the one least likely to be abandoned, his positive, unyielding damning selfishness, he called ‘fashion’ the fashion of the young men of the day. The Kellys and the O'Kellys
Fanny looked on and listened, not unamused to observe the selfishness which, more or less disguised, seemed to govern them all, and wondering how it would end.
Selfishness is vice. Selflessness is virtue.
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.Listen to it carefully. Richard Bach
She is a great example to the whole community in her unselfishness and kindness.
Their first single was a hymn to selfishness called 'Looking After Number One'.
in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
Though Hillary has drawn this election out thus far; something good came out of this the Clintons have shown us their true heart and spirit and that is divineness, selfishness and yes their racism as well. Clinton reviewing 'options' - but says superdelegates could shift
The strength of altruism lies in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
Saying that the losing over the course of the year led to "a corrupt mindset within the locker room," McElroy said the team indeed had Super Bowl talent but scuttled it away in the name of selfishness. Jets Rookie Criticizes Locker-Room Mentality
He was the victim of his own greed and selfishness.
rural people show more devotion and unselfishness than do their urban cousins
In both financial Ponzi schemes and religious manipulation, the frequent appeal is to self-aggrandisement and selfishness. Brad Reid: Five Questions For Avoiding Religious Follies
Guilt, selfishness, deep sorrow and frustration all mingled together in my conscience like a deadly cocktail.
Were your relationships characterized by service or by selfishness? Christianity Today
The next time India play Australia and an Indian batsman crosses 80, you can bet that the Aussies will sledge him about his selfishness.
There is a tendency to what some might consider utter selfishness in the Arien personality, but confront your Aries mate with such an accusation and their reaction will very probably be one of complete incomprehension.
He insinuates himself into party after party, observing a parade of gauche behavior, depravity, and selfishness.
I can tell you, you are exactly right; for if you were to be an encroacher, as the good old man calls it, my brother would be the first to see it, and would gradually think less and less of you, till possibly he might come to despise you, and to repent of his choice: for the least shadow of an imposition, or low cunning, or mere selfishness, he cannot bear. Pamela
Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles. Harry S. Truman
In my more charitable moments, I can forgive my grandfather his selfishness.
To him, friendship was a pledge of loyalty and unselfishness.
Jenner's discovery was a touch-stone, to detect what proportion of selfishness alloyed the human heart.
The selfishness and mercilessness of these corporate pigs knows no bounds.
It is based upon greed and selfishness and the only god is profit, regardless.
The strength of altruism lies in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
More seriously, a lack of sharing cultivates selfishness, and this causes conflict, bad will, and broken ropes of relationship. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
Man-unkind is still too motivated by selfishness and greed to change course. Think Progress » Hastert meets with ExxonMobil CEO.
We would be called desperadoes if we weren't so boring, so utterly banal in our soft-jawed, full-jowled selfishness. After the Crash, a Crashing Bore
In an era dominated by greed and selfishness, they acted with phenomenal selflessness.
And even if she did, in the noble spirit of altruism, rather than selfishness, the next woman, with one reproachful glance at her, would pick up the mutilated remains of the man's vanity and apply the splints of her respectful attention and the balm of her admiration, partly to add a new scalp to her belt, and partly to show off the unamiability of her sister woman. From a Girl's Point of View
The rock-bottomness of one's self-concern isn't a matter of selfishness; it's a matter of basic metaphysics. Anecdotal Evidence
She was against boasting and selfishness, and in favour of bad characters getting their comeuppance. Times, Sunday Times
He promised a saviour who would carry the sin, selfishness, unbelief, disease, grief, sorrow and fear of death on Himself and Destroy that fear, for Good.
Horton Hatches the Egg" always brings tears to my eyes at the unrepentant selfishness of Mayzie, the avian who abandons her egg to poor Horton whiles she parties in Palm Beach. World According to Dr. Seuss

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