In daily life, everyone has used proverbs more or less. Proverbs are the summary of the people's rich wisdom and common experience. Do you know what folk proverbs are? The following are proverbs about pursuing self-interest that I have compiled. They are for reference only. You are welcome to read them.

Proverbs about greed for personal gain

01. The word greed is close to poverty.

02. Benefit makes the mind faint.

03. Be content and happy.

04. Contentment is not humiliating.

05. Bit off more than you can chew.

06. The greedy cat has a sharp nose.

07. Dogs kiss when they see a bone.

08. Even if you fall, you should grab some mud.

09. I still want to pick up some sand when I fall.

10. Chicken legs make your teeth soft.

11. Sugar bombs only target selfish people.

12. Gambling money goes with the flow.

13. There are no good people in gambling houses.

14. A dog cannot hold a bone on its head.

15. Greedy fish are easy to take the bait.

16. There must be dead fish under the fragrant bait.

17. Flies are greedy for sweetness and die in honey.

18. After drinking someone else’s wine, follow them.

19. It doesn’t hurt when you hit someone with the head of a chopstick.

20. I also want to scratch the gold on the Buddha’s face.

21. The weasel does not mind the thin chicken.

22. A dog cannot hold a bone on its head.

23. Greedy fish are easy to take the bait.

24. Under the fragrant bait, there must be dead fish.

25. Flies are greedy for sweetness and die in honey.

26. If you don’t touch the bottom of the pot, your hands won’t get dirty; if you don’t hold the oil bottle, your hands won’t get tired.

27. The blacksmith should hold the tongs by himself, and the farmer should go to the field by himself.

28. Don’t ride a two-headed horse or drink two-headed tea.

29. If it’s not your money, don’t leave it in your pocket.

30. If you don’t drink, your face will not be red; if you don’t be a thief, your heart will not be frightened.

31. If you don’t take advantage, you won’t be fooled. If you take advantage, you will suffer big losses.

32. Greedy people don’t have enough to eat, and stingy people don’t know how to be rich.

33. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

34. Money from labor lasts for thousands of years, but greed for money is right in front of you.

35. Eat someone else's soft mouth and take advantage of someone else's short hand.

36. Sugar bombs only target selfish people.

37. Fish see food but not the hook, people see benefits but not harm.

38. If you are greedy for a while, you will lose weight.

39. Nomads in spring travel far, black-hearted friends are far away, and dark shadows are far away.

40. Those who covet wealth other than knowledge will not get it at home.

41. If you are not greedy for advantages, you will not be fooled. You will be fooled just because you are greedy for advantages.

42. Ill-gotten gains are like soup splashing snow.

43. Gambling money goes with the flow.

44. Greed is the source of all evils, while sincerity is the root of all good.

45. Don’t be greedy for unexpected wealth or drink too much alcohol.

46. If you are greedy for a while, you will lose weight.

47. Coveting personal interests is a breeding ground for enemies.

48. Coveting for temporary happiness will inevitably leave hidden disasters.

49. Those who work hard sweat more, and those who eat gluttons salivate more.

50. The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, and the greed is not enough to eat the moon.

Quotations about selfishness

1. Selfishness is peaceful, it is a force of nature, you can say that trees are also selfish - (Lo. L. Steven Sen)

2. The selfish soul will suffer the pain it deserves - (Love Younger)

3. This is the true joy in life; life is Used for what one considers to be a lofty goal; life has been completely used up before it is thrown on the trash heap. Life is a force of nature, not a little body riddled with illness and fanatically selfish. Complain that the world is not doing its best to make you happy. ——Irish playwright Bernard Shaw

4. A person whose mind is only filled with himself is the emptiest person. ——Russian poet Lermontov, "Selected Poems of Lermontov"

5. A man who is careless and selfish, a man who regards a copper plate as bigger than a millstone, will make the world of men eclipse. ——Yu Minhong, Chairman and President of New Oriental Education Technology Group

6. Just like a trickle disappearing in the sea, virtue is lost in selfishness. ——French writer La Rochefoucauld

7. She found that she could only love one person for a moment. And it gradually became selfish. ——Female writer, formerly known as Lijie Annie Baby

8. Poor person is so addicted to happiness! After selfish happiness becomes the only goal in life, life soon becomes goalless. ——French thinker and writer Romain Rolland

9. A scam born out of love ended violently because of someone’s selfishness. I once had a chance to be happy, but I didn't have time to cherish it. ——(Le Xiaomi)

10. Sincere love does not mean sweet words, generous speeches, and kisses and hugs. Love is a noble, beautiful, and pure emotion. Hypocrisy and fraud should be replaced by loyalty and sincerity, selfishness should be replaced by mutual respect, and rash actions should be replaced by moral civilization. ——Huang Shaoping

11. When we usually walk in the forest, we can guess from the sound of footsteps whether there are holes or large rocks under the ground; the same selfishness covered with politeness, and being dug up by disasters The completed underground tunnels will also make hollow sounds in our daily life. ——French writer Balzac

12. Once selfish happiness becomes the only goal in life, life will become goalless——(France)

13. Use People cultivated with a doting attitude are so-called selfish people. ——Suhomlinsky, a former Soviet educator

14. Science is by no means a selfish enjoyment. Those who are fortunate enough to devote themselves to scientific research should first use their knowledge to serve the people. ——(Mark En)

15. He is a cold, heartless person who has no family affection, is very selfish, and does not consider others at all but only himself. ——The girl who shows off her wealth online, her real name is Guo Meiling Guo Meimei

16. After selfish happiness becomes the only goal in life, life soon becomes goalless. ——(Romain Roland)

17. If parents spoil and pamper their children and satisfy their willful demands, they will become degenerate and become weak-willed and selfish people when they grow up. Therefore, parents' love should not be blind... - (Dzerzhinsky)

18. The selfish heart will suffer the pain it deserves. ——British poet Love Younger

19. She found that she could only love one person for a moment. And it gradually became selfish. ——(Baby Anne)

20. Science is by no means a selfish enjoyment. Fortunately--(Aixiansen)

21. Selfishness will always exist. ——French thinker, writer and philosopher Voltaire

22. It is another selfish person who refuses to love, try, explain and accept - (Antonillo)

23. He I never say it because I love you deeply.

He loves deeply only because he has never loved before. The more you think about it, the more you will think about the other person, never being crazy or selfish. True gratitude should be hidden in the heart, and it would be meaningless to express it. ——(Gu Long)

24. A person’s biggest shortcoming is not selfishness, sentimentality, brutality, and willfulness, but paranoid love for someone who doesn’t love himself. ——Hong Kong female writer Zhang Xiaoxian

25. There is nothing more selfish than the desire for fame. Working for others is just to exchange for one's own reputation. ——Lando

26. According to him, writing books should educate people and enhance people’s souls. This is really good advice. But of all the people in this world, the one I most want to improve is myself. It was mean, selfish, and honest. ——Contemporary Chinese writer Wang Xiaobo

27. Selfishness is an obstacle to building up people. ——(Lu Kun)

28. Selfish and cowardly people are often unhappy, because even if they protect their own interests and safety, they cannot protect their own character and self-confidence——(France)

29. The emptiest people in the world are those whose heads are full of themselves. ——British philosopher Benjamin Whitchicott

30. If you don’t get what you have, you should worry about getting it; if you have got it, worry about losing it. ——Confucius, a thinker and educator in the Spring and Autumn Period and the founder of Confucianism, "The Analects of Confucius Yang Huo"

31. Mahayana Bodhisattva must have the dual destiny of wisdom and compassion that "wisdom cannot abide in the three existences, and compassion cannot enter Nirvana" , but many Buddhist friends still don’t understand this concept. But today's young people are becoming more and more selfish, stingy, and have extremely heavy self-concepts. There is really nothing they can do about it, which means that their karma is getting heavier and heavier. Mahayana Bodhisattva does not enter Nirvana and has no rest. ——Nan Huaijin, a master of traditional Chinese culture and a poet, "Vimalakirti's teachings on flowers raining all over the sky"

32. Only when a person no longer indulges in the all-day anxiety of material survival can he search for and enjoy emotions. Only then can he keep such a noble thing as emotion away from money and remain pure. Love is both selfish and selfless. ——(Hai Yan)

33. If you want to avoid harming others, the premise is not to have expectations for others. At the same time, don’t let others have expectations of you. The latter is more difficult. This means that at some point, you have to show where you really stand, without a trace of selfish hiding or pretense. ——Female writer, formerly known as Lijie Annie Baby

34. Calm and courageous, discerning and not selfish. ——Lu Xun, a modern Chinese writer and political commentator

35. There is no point in plucking a hair to benefit the world. ——Meng Ke, a thinker, educator, and representative figure of Confucianism during the Warring States Period, Mencius's "Mencius: Give Your Heart to Your Heart"

36. It is better for me to betray others than for others to betray me. ——Chen Shou, a historian of the Western Jin Dynasty, "Three Kingdoms·Wei Shu·Wudi Ji"

37. Why are ancient secret techniques always lost? Are humans too selfish? Refuse to pass it on? Or are humans too progressive? Are you so advanced that you don’t bother to learn these ancient secret techniques? ——Martial Arts novelist Gu Long's "The Furious Sword and the Wild Flowers"

38. Be careful when choosing friends! The pure selfishness will put on the mask of friendship, but also set up traps to trap you. ——Russian writer Krylov, "The Grove and the Fire"

39. In a place where everyone is selfish, a wise man is not only no better than a fool, but more dangerous than a fool - (Froud)

40. Living only for your family is the selfishness of an animal; living only for one person is despicable; living only for yourself is a shame. ——The former Soviet writer Ostrovsky, "Ostrovsky's Two Volumes"

41. Love requires a feeling of weakness and a need for consideration and love. There is a passion to help others and to please others - if not selflessness, at least a cleverly concealed selfishness; love involves a certain degree of shyness and cowardice. ——British novelist, playwright, essayist Somerset Maugham

42. Science is by no means a selfish pleasure.

Those who are fortunate enough to devote themselves to scientific research should first use their knowledge to serve mankind. ——German philosopher Marx

43. If you want to attract friends, you must have various qualities. People who are selfish, petty, jealous, do not like the beauty of adults, and do not like to be praised by others cannot gain friends. ——(Marton)

44. Selfishness is peaceful, it is a natural force, you can say that trees are also selfish. ——Roll Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer

45. In a place where everyone is selfish, a wise man is not only no better than a fool, but more dangerous than a fool. ——Froude

46. People who live only for themselves are insignificant. ——Montaigne, a late French Renaissance thinker

47. The highest value of humanitarian ethics is not self-denial or selfishness, but self-love; it is not a denial of the individual, but an affirmation of the true person himself. ——German psychiatrist Fromm, "For My Own People"

48. Greedy people long to be loved, embraced, understood and accepted, while selfish people refuse to love, try and explain. Acceptance - (Anthony)

49. Money is not the root of all evil as commonly said, only greed for money, that is, excessive, selfish, and greedy money Pursuit is the root of all evil. ——American writer Na Hawthorne

50. People in love should open their hearts to each other, as is usually said, express their true feelings to each other and reveal all their thoughts. The behavior of being secretive and dishonest here is a manifestation of selfishness. ——Former Soviet educator Suhomlinsky