Egoism is in general the malady of the aged;... we become occupied with our own existence in proportion as it ceases to be interesting to others.


A Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington (1834)


Egoism is in general the malady of the aged;... we become occupied with our own existence in proportion as it ceases to be interesting to others.

Egoism is in general the malady of the aged;... we become occupied with our own existence in proportion as it ceases to be interesting to others.

Egoism is in general the malady of the aged;... we become occupied with our own existence in proportion as it ceases to be interesting to others.

Egoism is in general the malady of the aged;... we become occupied with our own existence in proportion as it ceases to be interesting to others.