“One should be selfish enough to be selfless up to a certain point.”

—  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Bis zu einem gewissen Grade selbstlos sollte man schon aus Selbstsucht sein.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 64.

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Bis zu einem gewissen Grade selbstlos sollte man schon aus Selbstsucht sein.

Aphorismen. Aus: Schriften. Bd. 1, Berlin: Paetel. 1893. S. 66
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