Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
Selfishness
Quotations by William M. Thackeray
Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. William M. Thackeray
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I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he’s no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile.
Author: John Shelby SpongTheme: Nature, IntelligenceWords: person, longer, becomes, universe, looks