It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfactio…

George Eliot
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It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the more intense because one's own little core of egoistic sensibility is a supreme care. ✨ George Eliot (2013). Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated), p.2804, Delphi Classics
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