Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good to his own; but when they see it proved by sacrifices of ease, wealth, rank, and of life itself, there is no limit to their admiration.


Society and Solitude and Other Essays (ed. 1871)


Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good to his own; but...

Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good to his own; but...

Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good to his own; but...

Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good to his own; but...