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Which of us is proof against the temptation of making a display of magnanimity, or of playing egoistically with another devoted heart?

From The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

"But is it right for anyone to seclude himself so egoistically from all that is going on in the world?" asked Janina.

From The Comedienne by Obecny, Edmund

The consciousness of the contradiction between what is desired as a rational end and what is pursued egoistically cannot be born in him.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto