1. Everyone has something that others don’t have. ——Baskery

2. A person who loves himself has at least one advantage - he will not encounter many competitors. ——Lichtenberg

3. Self-love uses current consciousness to look at immediate interests, while rationality considers the future and consequences. ——Pop

4. In any era, in any country, people in the past, present and future love themselves more than others. ——Helvetius

5. We only feel our own good and evil according to our self-love. ——La Rochefoucauld

6. The unique desire inherent in human beings is self-love, which is selfishness in a broad sense. ——Rousseau

7. Excessive love for oneself is actually the source of all human faults. ——Plato

8. Self-love is shrewder than the shrewdest person in the world. ——La Rochefoucauld

9. I have often been surprised that everyone loves himself more than others, but the value of his own opinions is lower than the value of others' opinions. ——Marco Aurelius

10. Self-esteem and self-love, as a driving force for perfection, are the source of all great undertakings. ——Turgenev

11. Don’t betray for the sake of poverty, and don’t change your mind for the sake of lowliness. ——Huan Kuan’s "Salt and Iron on the Vast Territory" It is better to have jade broken than to be completely tiled. ——"The Biography of Yuan Jing'an in the Northern Qi Dynasty"

12. Coming out of the mud but not stained, washing the clear ripples without being evil. ——Zhou Dunyi's "A Love Lotus"

13. Don't be afraid of being shattered into pieces, and keep your innocence in the world. ——Yu Qian's "Ode of Lime"

14. Fame and integrity are more important than Mount Tai, while profit is less important than feathers. ——Yu Qian's "Untitled"

15. Wealth cannot be lascivious, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered.

——"Mencius and Duke Teng Wen"