Self-love is the instrument of our preservation; It resembles the provision for the reproduction of mankind: It is necessary, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation; It resembles the provision for the reproduction of mankind: It is necessary, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.
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Self-love is the instrument of our preservation; It resembles the provision for the reproduction of mankind: It is necessary, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it. Voltaire

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation; It resembles the provision for the reproduction of mankind: It is necessary, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.
Voltaire