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Marcel Proust
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
Human altruism which is not egoism, is sterile.
Marcel Proust
Friedrich Nietzsche
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars
Friedrich Nietzsche
H. L. Mencken
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
High-toned humanitarians constantly overestimate t
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectl
H. L. Mencken
Ben Jonson
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
Men that talk of their own benefits are not believ
Ben Jonson
Samuel Johnson
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
A decent provision for the poor is the true test o
Samuel Johnson
Homero
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, / And
Homero
Václav Havel
📝 Publication 21/04/2026
Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human
Václav Havel