In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.


The Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley (ed. 1909)


In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.

In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.

In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.

In proportion as a man is selfish, so far has he receded from the motive which constitutes virtue.