Antagonist Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“Self-love is no part of morality. Indeed it is exactly its counterpart. It is the sole antagonist of virtue leading us constantly by our…

— Thomas Jefferson

Self-love, as it happens to be well or ill conducted, constitutes virtue and vice.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Self-love then does not constitute THIS or THAT to be our interest or good; but, our interest or good being constituted by nature and…

— Joseph Butler

Self-love is always the mainspring, more or less concealed, of our actions; it is the wind which swells the sails, without which the ship…

— Emilie du Chatelet

Self-love is the love of a man's own self, and of everything else for his own sake. It makes people idolaters to themselves, and…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Self-love makes us deceive ourselves in almost all matters, to censure others, and to blame them for the same faults that we do not…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Self-love is even deceived by self-love, because by looking out for our own interests and disregarding those of other people, we lose the advantage…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Self-love is a principle of action; but among no class of human beings has nature so profusely distributed this principle of life and action…

— Isaac D'Israeli

Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our inner being…

— Bell Hooks

The question "Is this an act of self-love or is it an act of self-sabotage?" is one you must consistently ask yourself if you…

— Debbie Ford

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

— Pierre Corneille