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# Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion

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##  Quotes by Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion

> [“Your egoist, like the solitary beasts, lives only for himself; your altruist declares that he lives only for others; for either there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-nero-pilate-barbellion/your-egoist-like-the-solitary-beasts-lives-only-for-himself-your/)

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> [“Observe me," he says to himself, "I am observing nature." There is the self-conscious, self-centred boy. But he also says "I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-nero-pilate-barbellion/observe-me-he-says-to-himself-i-am-observing-nature-there-is-the-self/)

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> [“An egotism like an eggshell is a thing from which to escape; the art of life is that escape. The fundamental art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-nero-pilate-barbellion/an-egotism-like-an-eggshell-is-a-thing-from-which-to-escape-the-art/)

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