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“To be selfish is to sacrifice the nobler for the meaner ends, and to be sordidly content.” quote by Hugh Reginald Haweis — Download Open image

“To be selfish is to sacrifice the nobler for the meaner ends, and to be sordidly content.”

Hugh Reginald Haweis

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