Self Interest Quotes

"People will love you and support you when it’s beneficial." "People are always far more interested in themselves than in anyone else. Your book will most probably interest them if it helps them see themselves in a new light" "Such truth as opposeth no man's profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome." "Intellectuals may like to imagine themselves as people who speak truth to power, but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power" "The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish." "Never ask a barber if you need a haircut" "In the end, people will justify everything they want" "Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience" "He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against."