| 单词 | egoist |
| 例句 | A commenter at ProPublica wrote, “People who are not sensitive about privacy encroachment are either strange egoists, pathological narcissists or poorly informed of the risks.” Giving Yourself Away Online 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z It even links to modern artistic conventions, since Dürer — an ambitious egoist who monogrammed almost everything he made — was the first artist to use media as a branding tool. Martin Luther broke Europe in two, and Albrecht Dürer painted it back together 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Trump, the egoist, the racist, the narcissist, the liar, "won." Celebrities React to the First Presidential Debate 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z And while it's true that the reason people tune into these shows is for the melodrama, I think "caring" might be too strong a term when talking about America's feelings towards these egoists. Dissecting the lyrics of "Real Housewives" songs 2011-04-21T20:30:00Z “I noticed every time someone mentioned the word ‘egoist,’ women immediately said, ‘It’s so true. Men are all the same!’ A Fragrance Debut? First, It’s Lights, Camera, Action 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Fashion is a multi-billion-dollar global industry that, at its heart, is based on creative egoists. How to Tell the Fashion Future? 2013-08-26T10:48:07Z England egoist" who was "snuffed out by a French cook. Cannes 2010 diary: Mirren becomes a madam and Russell crows about history 2010-05-14T23:40:00Z It’s egoist to want to procreate — I don’t need there to be another version of me. Women Who Said No to Motherhood 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z It was, he said, "an utter egoist preoccupied solely with its own appearance". St Petersburg by Heather Reyes, Marina Samsonova and James Rann – review 2012-11-20T13:50:01Z While Mr. Thomas’s Timon thinks nothing of hurling his own excrement at one of his unwanted supplicants, beneath the repellent exterior can still be glimpsed the bruised egoist of the first acts. | 'Timon of Athens': A Dinner of Water and Stones for Those Friends Who Don?t Come Through 2011-03-02T03:01:04Z This demand gives the lie to a common misconception of liberalism, namely, that it is an ethic of insouciant self-indulgence, a politics for blithe egoists. Why liberalism drives so many people crazy 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Finally, the game must be the undisputed king, and all the egoists and agitators would do well to fall in line. Perspective | After a sobering offseason, the NBA needs its game to be the star 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z He called it a “union of egoists,” quoting the philosopher Max Stirner, “in its simplest form.” Peter Lamborn Wilson, Advocate of ‘Poetic Terrorism,’ Dies at 76 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z And so you get blowhards and sycophants, egoists and ignoramuses mixed in among those just striving to be dedicated public servants. Perspective | The Supreme Court: Unreachable, inaccessible and frightening 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z The egoist in you will find it hard to resist bragging about the proliferation of butterflies that will flock to the drought-tolerant De La Mina. The best California native plant for your zodiac sign 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z “Austria cannot afford any egoists right now,” he said. Facing Criminal Inquiry, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz Resigns 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Having killed off the kernel of sweetness at the heart of the young man who’d written “Goodbye, Columbus,” he was free to explore the writer not just as egoist, but as stag-on-the-make, as bachelor-king. If 'Philip Roth: The Biography' leaves you hating its subject, thank Blake Bailey 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Republicans he once worked with called him a giant egoist. Justin Amash, Ross Perot and the third-party future: Ranked choice voting is the answer 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z “In other words, a bunch of Middle Eastern nuisances, ungrateful egoists waging tribal wars and sucking American taxpayers’ money.” Israelis see Trump’s Syria pullout as a betrayal that could help unravel the region 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Each side used age stereotypes, with varying degrees of cynicism – older women were crotchety or out of touch, younger women were egoists or spoiled children. How #MeToo revealed the central rift within feminism today 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The second is the assumption that human behaviour – of employees, customers, managers and so on – is best understood as if we are all rational egoists. Why we should bulldoze the business school 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z It is arduous even pretending to be interested in self-absorbed egoists. Pity the ‘hostesses’ at this revolting gropefest dressed up as a charity do | Suzanne Moore 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Whether in his youth, in his business career or in his personal life, Donald Trump’s story is that of a shallow egoist who uses those around him. The black eyes in Donald Trump’s life 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Like the men they are trying to stop, they live on an egoists’ island. Josh Norman: What will he do with power and platform 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z All politicians are egoist, but Trump’s overvaluation of his own self is truly monumental. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z A nervous flier but a bigger egoist, Ali once refused to buckle up when a flight attendant asked him to do so moments before take-off. Muhammad Ali: fighter, joker, magician, religious disciple, preacher 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The egoist doesn’t care about the public interest. AEI's James Pethokoukis Fouls Out With His "Nazis and Hitler" Innuendo 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Whether in his youth, in his business career or in his personal life, Trump’s story is that of a shallow egoist who uses those around him. The black eyes in Donald Trump’s life 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Kononov adds: “He’s an individualist, an egoist—he works only for himself, plays only his game.” Is Pavel Durov, Russia's Zuckerberg, a Kremlin Target? 2013-08-01T19:35:57Z As Kononov put it: “He’s an individualist, an egoist—he works only for himself, plays only his game.” Could VKontakte Be Edward Snowden's Next Employer? 2013-08-02T18:20:14Z "I'm not an egoist, I'm an altruistic person." Breivik ill but not psychotic: court expert 2012-06-08T15:52:33Z We cannot be egoists and generous people simultaneously.” Did the Butler Really Do It? 2012-05-28T04:00:00Z When her companion, a dried-up little Frenchwoman with a thriving streak of black moustache, had withdrawn, he said: “Mother, I am a miserable egoist and a scoundrel.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Systematically to ignore these relations is to act as I should act if I were an egoist in the extremest sense and held that there were no consciousness in the world except my own. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z However, it must not be supposed that he was a roaring egoist, hitting out blindly. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The first Kautsky depicts as a revolutionary enthusiast capable of a high measure of self-sacrifice; the second, as an egoist and a coward, an irresponsible anarchist. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z People think of LaFollette, the public man, as an egoist but this nursing of his son showed the utmost absence of egoism. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z Most of the others are scoundrels, humbugs, cold-blooded egoists; that’s what they are.” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The single moment bears to all others the relation of an absolute egoist, who does not wish to relinquish any part of its satisfaction for their advantage. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z She sums up this mode of thinking as “rejecting all the others as bad mothers and egoists, and this is just not possible.” What the U.S. Can Learn from Indonesia About Breastfeeding 2012-02-02T05:06:13Z He was as intense an egoist as Rousseau, whose work he had probably never read, and would not have appreciated if he had read. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z It would be interesting to know what an egoist like Basine thought about things. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z But all this now lies as near him as his own person lies to the egoist. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Systematically to ignore these relations, then, is to act as if I were an egoist in the extremest sense, and held that there was no consciousness in the world except my own. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z He was a single-minded egoist, was young Timothy. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The egoist is so deluded by the principle of individuation that he supposes an absolute cleft between his own person and all others. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z But Basine was enough of an egoist to enjoy secretly the emotion of superiority. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The egoist feels himself surrounded by strange and hostile individuals, and all his hope is centred in his own good. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Do you really believe that a handful of conscienceless egoists and corruptionists could have succeeded in setting free all these evil spirits, if the millions of followers did not share in the guilt? A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z They are individualists, egoists, and are forever thinking of themselves and not of the whole. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z I was at that time a complete egoist, a very perfect specimen, with the superficial hardness of all crustaceans who live on the defensive, and wear their bones outside like a kind of armour. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z What an egoist you are, my dear fellow! The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes 2011-10-12T02:00:49.553Z Lincoln was not a common egoist and he sparingly bared his view. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z No, Jobs’ Buddhism was basically of a piece with his trademark skinny jeans and black pullover, a fashion accessory in which he packaged his true self, a hard-driving egoist, for public consumption. Has Steve Jobs Sacrificed Enough Yet? 2011-10-09T22:54:39Z Lucifer is a sublime egoist—the spirit of negation placed against the limitations of the positive. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z It seems to be the doom of the egoist to crave for things for which he has no real value, on which when acquired he can only trample. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z He’s an egoist; he never thinks of his old uncle.... The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z He had received a spoiling from his doting and indulgent mother that would have turned many another boy into a selfish, vain egoist. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z "Good Heavens! am I really such a transparent egoist as all that?" The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z The women who work the most mischief in civilized communities are supreme egoists, and an egoist is never a conscious hypocrite. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z I felt sorry for Nigel, as I feel sorry for any successful egoist in the toils of anticipated ridicule. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Up to now I have, like a true egoist, spoken only of myself. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Any one who has not had to suffer in life is nearly always a self-centered egoist without sympathy, but above all without that fellow feeling that comes only from having gone through similar experience. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z I am a shocking egoist, but how philosophical you've become, my dear. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z But the Italian—the Roman—is wanton, he is an egoist who sates his impulses without any reference at all to the other people and the other interests involved. Rome 2011-07-24T02:00:10.227Z Stirner calls this sort of social life "the union of egoists." Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z At a tap on her door she changed suddenly from the aloof egoist to a woman athrill before the veil of portentous mysteries. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Baudelaire is an egoist He hated the sentimental sapping of altruism. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z To Mr. Chillingworth—a natural egoist—a clergyman was primarily a "ruler" of the flock, though its shepherd as well. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z There is not a grain of malice in their composition; they are cheated and adored by their servants, and naïve egoists as they are, believe everyone is as happy as themselves. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z "The Anarchists are not only utilitarians, but egoists in the farthest and fullest sense." Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z If this earth were to take fire you would smile to think how little it mattered in the scheme of the universe; all the wailing of the egoist mob would not affect you. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Individualist, egoist, anarchist, his only thought was letters. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z Admit, then, that this manner of understanding his interest is even ridiculously absurd, and that heroes are very unskilful and inconsistent egoists. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z But," said Signor Valli, "he is an enormous egoist, and, with a woman, the bigger egoist you are, the surer to subjugate her. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z He often did, being an egoist, and having in his veins the blood of many eloquent and excited revolutionary Poles, who had stood in market-places and talked and talked, gesticulating, pouring forth blood and fire. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z The hard struggle for existence has not permitted the Polar Eskimo to become other than a confirmed egoist, who knows nothing of disinterestedness. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z I play to win, as much or more than any egoist who thinks he's going to win by other means. Get-well wishes to Argentina's El Flaco whose football moved the world 2011-03-16T12:56:11Z It had been known for a long time that old Adler was an egoist and a sweater, and his son an egoist and a debauchee. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Something of the egoist here, no doubt, but gracefully done nevertheless. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z He had too long played the part of the heartless egoist, and must now do penance. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z From that sort of thing we go at a stride to the inevitable Super Man, the megatherium individual of futurity, the large egoist, and all that nonsense. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z The trustees of civilization became national egoists, subordinating all others to their own ascendancy. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Manlike, a trait which would have aggrieved his sense of mastership in his home, appeared to him as involving no martyrdom in this piquante egoist's hands. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z For even in his travail the egoist thought of himself and his ambitions in Napoleonic terms. The Law of Hemlock Mountain To belong to a man who sees in me merely a paragraph in a business contract; to an egoist who sacrifices to his material gain all that is holy and dear to others! Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z At any rate, when I married, I was an egoist, and I've stayed on being one until a very little time ago. The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode I am no egoist, certainly not, but it will be unspeakably hard for me to give her up. A Sister's Love A Novel This, however, is the usual way in which an egoist digests the popular religion. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster To be sure there were partners, but after the fashion of great egoists Mr. Planter had avoided admitting any outstanding personality to his firm. The Guarded Heights Such an egoist must certainly have other motives for his actions, and she returned a very cautious answer. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z Do you think," she asked, "that there's any egoist as nasty as a feminine one? The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode "George is a horrible egoist," she said cheerfully. The Gambler A Novel The real war, the essential war, the war against the unconsciously self-willed annihilation of earth's tragic egoist, Man, has barely begun. The Book of Susan A Novel There were times when Cecil Chesney agonised over this degrading vice which was slowly sapping his manhood and self-respect, which was turning him into a bowelless egoist. Shadows of Flames A Novel Miss Clifford pitied with her whole heart the young creature who had given herself to such an egoist, and consequently her reception was warmer than she had at first intended. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z But I always felt he was an egoist. Fragments of an Autobiography Men, it has been said by a notable philosopher, seek after power rather than beauty; but this, I believe, is only true of demagogues and egoists of kindred sorts. The Book of This and That It was an egoist who claimed to be a martyr that aroused his anger. Helena Brett's Career A Cibber-baiting campaign was undertaken by the poet’s friends, and the actor responded with The egoist, in which he defended himself, as in his Apology, by freely admitting his flaws with infuriating complacency. A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope Jessie asked me seriously a short time ago if I would really entrust my whole future to such an egoist as you. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z “Read it,” I said, again filled with moral self-satisfaction, vain, paltry egoist that I was. Bye-Ways For a single day only would he be an egoist, live in absolute rest, and let no book, no relation of life, no longing, no endeavor, deprive him of aught of this entire loneliness. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Thus the man who seeks only or primarily his own moral perfection is an egoist par excellence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" "There are three sorts of egoists: those who live themselves and let others live; those who live themselves and don't let others live; and those who neither live themselves nor let others live." Anne It seemed to her as if she herself were released from a gloomy oppression, now that the veil which so long had covered the "egoist" had fallen. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z The thing was conceivable, at least, of Drummond: the hedonist and egoist seeking to regain his forfeited world in one murderous cast. The Destroying Angel As a sign," cried Cethegus, in a threatening voice, "that I am not the ambitious egoist for which many take me. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Most men in his situation would have been egoist enough to have thought only of themselves and the awkwardness of their own position. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life It is the supernaturalist who is an egoist at heart. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance We have already touched upon this in connection with Stirner's union of egoists. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory Ada's a good child, as good as a born egoist can be, but—well—we are not all made on the same plan. Ancestors A Novel What does the opinion of the crowd matter to you, egoist that you are? Their Son; The Necklace But at this proposition Vanya realizes that their idol is nothing but an abominable egoist, and he begins to despise his brother-in-law. Contemporary Russian Novelists A monarch is an egoist by nature, the egoist par excellence. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 This Stirner has done, in spite of the vague and imaginary nature of his "union of egoists." Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory Was he merely a self-satisfied egoist, clever enough to perceive our interest and impose upon it? Aliens But he is not an egoist in the worst sense of that word, because he risks his own person terribly and leads the life of a martyr, of privations, and of unheard-of work. Violence and the Labor Movement Stevenson has been sometimes called an egoist, as though he had been one in the practical sense as well as in the sense of taking a lively interest in his own moods and doings. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) Imps are usually egoists; that is to say they think first of themselves. Fairy Tales from the German Forests Though the individual Anarchist may regard a union of egoists as a postulate, or may desire fraternal Communism, yet each must determine for himself his connection with such a community. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory But do you know, my Prince, you are an egoist—your handy trysting-place is miles from me. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) And with that, not heeding his appeals, my father turned his back upon the egoist. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) We are now face to face with an "egoist" system par excellence. Anarchism and Socialism Her life was so tragically inwound with his that to think of shaking away her hand seemed the act of a sordid egoist. Money Magic A Novel The question is, first of all, whether egoism after all really finds its account in the "union of egoists." Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory His perfections are those of a prig and an egoist, and he passes like the sun itself over his parterre of adoring worshippers. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 He was possibly not more stupid than any other egoist under similar circumstances, and he attributed her sudden collapse to over-excitement in arranging his affairs. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life It is true that he represents it in the abstract form of the struggle of a certain number of egoist "Egos" against another smaller number of "Egos" not less egoist. Anarchism and Socialism Egotist, a man with a high or conceited opinion of himself, should not be confused with egoist which is the name for a believer in a certain philosophical doctrine. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses He saw among mankind only sophists and philosophers, where we see predatory egoists and their starved and stunted victims. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle In himself, the egoist is indifferent from the moral point of view, so long as he injures no one, and the altruist himself cannot live without a certain amount of egoism. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study But Jean Marot was intensely egoist and was prone to regard that which he wanted as already his. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life The property of the egoist seems pretty shaky. Anarchism and Socialism Tells of the Grantline Moon Expedition and of the Mysterious Martian Who Followed Us in the City Corridor One may write about oneself and still not be an egoist. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 And the ironic power which presides over our feasts compels the most inveterate egoist amongst us to share his treasures. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Egoism urges a man in such an irresistible way to abuse and harm others in order to satisfy himself, that a pure egoist can rarely remain indifferent from the moral point of view. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study In other words, he was an egoist of the egoists of earth. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life He laughs at "Virtue," and, far from desiring its triumph, he sees reasonable men only in egoists, for whom there is nothing above their own "Ego." Anarchism and Socialism But I feared all the while that with such theories you were more unalterably becoming a merciless egoist, yet pinned my faith somehow to an unseen force to spare you. Sunlight Patch Artists are spoilt children," she writes to Flaubert, "and the best of them are great egoists. Famous Women: George Sand The sentiments of the egoist are summed up in the maxim, "After me the deluge!" The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study But from the words 'He's rather a dear!' all recoiled, for as he grew stronger he became more stubborn and more irritable—'cunning egoist' that he was! Tatterdemalion What did my client meet with when he arrived here, at his father's house, and why depict my client as a heartless egoist and monster? The Brothers Karamazov "An egoist, and a woman whose dress is unhooked in the back, are always blissfully unconscious that the world is seeing more of them than they normally would permit." Sunlight Patch Passionate yet calculating, imperious yet susceptible of control, generous yet given to suspicion, an egoist yet capable of self-abandoning enthusiasm—she represented a type of feminine character often recognised but rarely understood. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange This egoist succeeded later on in capturing the heart of another young girl, whom I also warned, but who married him out of pity. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study However, she went on to observe, all men were egoists. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man I have listened for years to the prattle of men who call themselves egoists. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath In so doing an inner satisfaction is experienced that the egoist ever seeks and never finds. Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion How admirable it is to come back to the spirit and temper of Voltaire from the fussy self-love and neurotic introspections of our modern egoists. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations What induces want of respect for his wife in the unfaithful egoist, is not so much the monogamous sentiment, which is somewhat exceptional in man, but intoxication of his senses by another woman. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Out of his blindness, out of his loneliness, out of the welter of hedonists and amorists and feminists and fantasists who crowded upon him, the great, terrible egoist strikes his last blow! Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions There is but one egoist and that is He who, intolerant of all but Himself, sets out to destroy all but Himself. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath Our egoist was quick enough to grasp their meaning, but quicker still to see and to seize the chance of a crazy lifetime. Stingaree Goethe, the greatest of all egoists, was notoriously free from such a vice. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations We often see two egoists, or several in a family, working together to exploit the rest of society. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Thus A. began; the three replied, "You're not an egoist; You quite forgot to add yourself, and so complete the list." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 Stretching themselves on their backs and seducing egoists with the unctuous lie of possession. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath Have you got other people?' demanded the happy egoist. The Convert It is a thing which implies a certain definite philosophical mood in regard to the riddle of existence; though, of course, between individual egoists there may be wide gulfs of personal divergence. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations By the term pure egoist, we designate one in whom self forms the exclusive object of sentiments of sympathy. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study In the face of the political objection, the objection of the State to the first person singular, the egoist defends every man’s reading for himself as follows. The Lost Art of Reading I have said that the objections of Irene's relations were justified, the fact being that Jean was not only a genius, but the most scatterbrained egoist and vulgarian. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 Let me play the egoist for a moment. Tongues of Conscience Sceptical in other matters, egoists of the type I have mentioned are inclined to grow unconscionably grave when questions of sex are brought forward. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The antagonist of altruism is not the egoist, but the perverse individual whose acts are by instinct almost constantly negative from the moral point of view. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The one person who has the necessary training for being an altruist is the alert egoist who does not know he is an altruist. The Lost Art of Reading Those who have no liking for the friars, censure them as egoists and buffoons; as living in concubinage; as gamblers and usurers; as arrogant, and ambitious for power. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century There is no greater egoist than the good man who has sinned against his nature. Tongues of Conscience "Thou art an egoist, that's what thou art!"—he thundered, an hour later:—"thou hast desired thine own personal enjoyment, thou hast desired happiness in life, thou hast desired to live for thyself alone...." A Nobleman's Nest The egoist may love his wife, but this love is interested and very different from that of the altruist. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The child of three is a frank egoist. A Dominie in Doubt He did not say “God save us” because he was an egoist. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions The traits of the gourmand, the cynic, the egoist, were there; but the physiognomist would look in vain for any sign of genius or true nobility. A Son of the Immortals "Well, and you?"—he said:—"Do I seem an egoist to you also?" A Nobleman's Nest We cannot deny that the altruist, endowed with strong sentiments of sympathy and duty, is an excellent social worker, while the pure egoist constitutes an element of decomposition for society. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study I have said that the infant is an egoist. A Dominie in Doubt Your House of Lords is rich, and rich people are egoists and will not pay; so the House of Commons is angry.” Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Once upon a time there was an ostrich who, though very ostrichy, was even more of an egoist. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 "I know you very slightly,"—returned Liza:—"but I do not consider you an egoist; on the contrary, I ought to feel grateful to you...." A Nobleman's Nest Another will pose as a social benefactor, while at home he is an egoist and a tyrant. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study An egoist never founds a school of the prophets. William Pitt and the Great War At twenty we are all furious egoists; at forty or thereabouts—and especially if we have children, as at forty every man ought—our centre of gravity has completely shifted. From a Cornish Window A New Edition But the egoist was also 'a bonny fighter.' The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe I can do all that—and still be an egoist. A Nobleman's Nest This explains why the egoists who have never known true love often become so base in their sexual manifestations when they grow old. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study One could not be neutral; either one hailed him as a prophet and seer, or one hated him as an abandoned cynic, a vicious and arbitrary egoist whose presence in the community was a menace. Tutors' Lane In all his writings his feelings centre in himself: he is a pure egoist through his sensibility; but around his own figure his imagination, marvellous in its expansive power, can deploy boundless perspectives. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. It has been her support in all the endless years she nursed that cruel old egoist her father, who would not let her marry me, when we could have married, seventeen years ago. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy The inveterate egoist suddenly revealed himself at full length. A Nobleman's Nest The egoist loves in a manner naively egoistic. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The cant of the voluptuary, the cynical egoist, the friend of humanity, and all the rest is just as distinct as that of the religious sectarian. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Armand as a study of a certain type of egoist is supreme; my difficulty was that I had no desire to study him. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12 The egoist does so, the pleasure-seeker, the ambitious: he consumes existence as one eating the full corn in the blade,—he prevents it from bearing its fruit; his life is lost. The Simple Life His dramas are but five-act lyrics, his epics the romance of an egoist, his history is confession, his criticism the opinions of Victor Hugo. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation Still more than men they have need of compensation for sexual love, to avoid losing their natural qualities and becoming dried-up beings or useless egoists. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The wire had communicated the news of the Duck Lake fight, by which the rebellion, under that mad egoist, Louis Riel, was publicly staged in its opening act. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police For in denying the good which is offered to him, the egoist or bigot also virtually denies the reason which offers it. The Moral Economy Besides—You know you are a fearful egoist, Reed; we all are, for that matter. The Brentons The baby was not named Raymond: his father, however much of an egoist, was not willing to put himself forward as such so obviously, nor for a period that promised to be indefinitely long. On the Stairs You Jews are egoists, if you demand a special emancipation for yourselves as Jews. Selected Essays Or if they think that they who suffered little should reap the major benefits of the war-victory, they are certainly pitiable egoists. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 No mere egoist could have been so faithful in his hero-worship or so unpretentious in his allusions to himself. The Bibliotaph and Other People The general effect of his personality upon Edwin was not quite agreeable, and Edwin’s conclusion was that George, in addition to being spoiled, was a profound and rather irritating egoist by nature. Clayhanger Raymond, a strong individualist, a pronounced egoist, could not "fall in." On the Stairs By a process of mind as swift as it was subtle, the child had grown into a woman—the egoist had become conscious of another existence. The Mystics A Novel All that Max had heard against the explorer came back to him, and he was ready to believe Stanton the cruel and selfish egoist that gossip sketched him. A Soldier of the Legion He was vain and an egoist, but in spite of this, and in spite of his passion for empty phrases, he was not without a sense of reality. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre We were as rank egoists as any criminal. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale The egoist must re-enter the path of self-realisation. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular Like other egoists, our client became careless as time went on and one day took it upon himself to issue a few hundred bonds in a company without holding a directors' meeting. The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Michael,—shallow-hearted egoist though he might be,—would have understood: because he was an artist. The Great Amulet There is an egoist here, in the shadow of the mosques, who turns his face towards Mecca, and prays that you may never leave your garden. E. The Call of the Blood "I know I'm an abominable old egoist," at length she apologised. With Those Who Wait The egoist, who mistakes his ordinary for his real self, may well lead a life of systematic selfishness without in the least realising that he is living amiss. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular He was as intense an egoist as Rousseau, whose work he had probably never read, and would not have appreciated if he had read. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends He is at least moderately intelligent; and an intelligent egoist is always interesting. The Great Amulet Not to be an egoist in one's joy; not to be a craven in one's sorrow. The Call of the Blood They had no further need of her, those two sublime young egoists, fused by their fervors into one egoist, sublimer still. The Judgment of Eve They were no exception to the rule that lovers are egoists. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North She was a quicksand because she was a singularly complete egoist. The Way of Ambition But these fellows are simply idiotic egoists, devoid of a critical sense. Damn! A Book of Calumny Again the egoist was awake and speaking within him. The Call of the Blood If only his love of Fernhurst had not made him so complete an egoist. The Loom of Youth The egoist's torturing gift of introspection and self-analysis was not his. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron "You don't think I'm merely a rather absurd coward and egoist?" The Way of Ambition That is what we all are—monstrous egoists—who love love for love's sake—you understand me? Bohemians of the Latin Quarter Fundamentally an individualistic egoist; badly adjusted personality type. Little Fuzzy Others might be broken on the wheel; but he was still sufficiently an egoist, sufficiently self-centred to be indifferent to them. The Loom of Youth The egoist on the contrary is always asserting of himself what he ought in common decency to leave others to say of him,—only they never do. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Claude fixed his mind on the thought of Madre, in a white dress, sitting alone in the well-known quiet room, thinking of him—in that moment he was an egoist—wishing him the best. The Way of Ambition Under the category of his amusements, physic must be included; for, like other egoists, he was immensely interested in his real or imaginary ailments, and in the means which were taken to cure them. Among Famous Books As I look back, I realize how much an egoist an emotional man can be, and in good faith be unconscious of it. Told in a French Garden August, 1914 It was hardly worth while undertaking the journey from England to gratify such a desire of the happy egoist. Bella Donna A Novel No wonder that the man in whose character vanity is the chief essence cannot long endure contact with Nature; Nature respects no man, and laughs in the face of the strutting egoist. The Quest of the Simple Life “Well,” he remarked, “you are rather an egoist, Professor, aren’t you?” The Black Box After all, he was a harmless egoist, from whom no girl could expect much in the way of recompense. The Husbands of Edith She admired it for the black gown and the lace handkerchief she was holding; but she was interested in it, too, as the true egoist always is in self-portraiture, however unflattering. Secret Bread Doctor Hartley was looking at him with the undisguised enmity of the egoist tricked. Bella Donna A Novel Her heroine, Louise, is a detestable little egoist, whose vanity and entire lack of moral render her an easy victim to the vampire crowd into which she drifts. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30 An egoist, therefore, is one uncertain of everything except his own existence. Unity of Good When one studies his works one feels convinced that he is one of those rare types in modern Germany—an egoist who feels with sincerity. Musicians of To-Day It's even easier to create a counter-philosophy of condonance and individualism, and I'm alternately an ethical egoist, a Fabian socialist and a cynic. Diane of the Green Van He had been an egoist, had been thinking, perhaps not solely but certainly chiefly, of himself. Bella Donna A Novel And, at the same time, he did not consider himself an egoist, and upbraided and persecuted egoists and egoism more than anything else!—Of course! A Reckless Character And Other Stories The little egoist, even when he has "no language but a cry," uses that language to make known to the world that he wants something and wants it very much. Humanly Speaking Incognito or out of it, he is my very good friend—no matter if he is an egoist. The Man from Home With all his individuality, he was no egoist; and very much a lover of his kind. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India His was the steadfast attitude of the egoist, who sees all life in terms of his own interest alone. The Spinners All the same, it is the greatest mistake for his enemies to declare that he is nothing better than a cynical egoist trading on the enormous ignorance of the English middle-classes. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster What part did the love of humanity play in this young egoist's heart? The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls I call him an egoist because he is so content to be what he is he will not pretend to be something else! The Man from Home He was something of an egoist, too, and the climax he had in mind was that of his own emotions in recrossing the fatal couloir ropeless, with shaking knees, haunted by the Englishman's last cry. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Perry was stupid and an egoist, and yet he had heard that Mrs. Bridewell, for all her beauty and her wit, adored him, while he openly neglected her. The Wheel of Life Lord Rhondda had genius, and though a boyish egoist in his private life he was earnestly and most eagerly anxious to sacrifice all he possessed for the good of the State. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster The intelligence is monist or pantheist, the will monotheist or egoist. Tragic Sense Of Life He was not really more of an egoist than the average man, but he did assume that if he wanted her he could win her. Nightfall Man, the egoist, thinks that if the woman loves him, by consequence she will love his work. Hints for Lovers "I am thankful to say," he added in his clear, cool voice, "that I have no longer either the perpetual timidity of the self-doubter or even the occasional anxiety of the egoist." Flames As to the problem of their own futures, that did not disturb these happy egoists in the least. A Man Four-Square Still, I think that only an impudent egoist like Jevons could have carried off such an embarrassment with any brilliance. The Belfry Quick as a flash of lightning, the dignified, distinguished, unexacting lover was effaced, and in his place was a man—an animal—a passionate egoist! Max A capable, clear-headed, modest toiler, Touched with no egoist taint, To Duty sworn, the face of the Despoiler Made him not fear or faint. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891 The insane perpetually glorify themselves, and are transcendent egoists. Flames He was a jealous egoist; he had the morbid coldness of the neurotic, and Vera was passionate. The Tree of Heaven Not that Wilde was not a finished egoist, using the arts and the authors to advertise himself rather than himself to advertise them. The Art of Letters Kryukov thumped the table with his fists and declared that this was absurd, and that a husband who did not like his wife to have property of her own was an egoist and a despot. The Duel and Other Stories They are egoists to the marrow of their bones. The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories Suppose I am an egoist, a despot and a fool . . . but I ask you to go! Love "I, who try not to disturb my fellow-passengers in any way, or this egoist who thinks that he is cleverer and more interesting than anyone here, and so will leave no one in peace?" The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories We discover that he had a genius for imposture, an egoist’s temper, and a stomach that fluttered greedily at the thought of dainty dishes. The Art of Letters You are an enemy of your son if you educate him to be an egotist and egoist. The New Ideal in Education Light streams upon the struggling egoist as he toils to the summit of consciousness. Promenades of an Impressionist Why, you are hungry too, and I, egoist that I am, haven't noticed it. Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev He is the man who is such an egoist that he looks on himself as a part of the whole world and a brother to the rest of mankind. The "Goldfish" He was an egoist and pretender, coming of a line of egoists and pretenders, and his novels are simply the confession and apology of such a person. The Art of Letters They are two egoists, falling fiercely on each other. Light Not merely had she a masculine mind, but she was somewhat hard, a self-confessed egoist. The Pretty Lady The paradox is strange; how was it that it should have been left to the morbid, tortured, half-crazy egoist of the Confessions to lead the way to such spiritual delicacies, such innocent delights? Landmarks in French Literature She, too, is a satirist of the male egoist. Old and New Masters Meredith was an egoist in his life, an anti-egoist in his books. The Art of Letters On the contrary, we sympathise with him, especially in the big tragedy of his life, while quite admitting that to any casual acquaintance he must have appeared only a dull and uninteresting egoist. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 21, 1914 Egoists, egoism, egotism.—"The disciples of Descartes were egoists, the ego being the basis of their philosophy." Practical Exercises in English He was a complete egoist, and a man, it seemed to me, of no importance. The Secret City The egoists may be the martyrs of a nobler dispensation, agonizing for a more arduous ideal. The Defendant Rather, the Diary is the soliloquy of an egoist, disinterested and daring as a bad boy’s reverie over the fire. The Art of Letters The man was an egoist, of course, but he had not talked exclusively about himself. The Silent Isle The men who had appeared good at first afterwards became poisoned, turning into egoists and wretches. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Thereupon, egoist that he is, feeling things only in so far as they concern himself, he began to grumble at his mother-in-law. Without Dogma The same applies to Benvenuto Cellini—bully, assassin, insufferable egoist, and so forth, as well as artist. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Criminals, lovers and other egoists, for lack of a priest, will make their confessions to a stone wall or a tree. The Art of Letters He did not see that it was a pity to press that fact upon me; the truth was that he was thinking of himself for the time being, though he was no egoist. The Silent Isle You are an egoist, like all other men. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel And, moreover, I had the egoist's deep need to be alone, to examine my soul, to understand it intimately and utterly. Sacred and Profane Love The devil is an egoist I know And, for Heaven's sake, 'tis not his way Kindness to any one to show. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. Walpole, however, was an egoist of an opposite kind to Montaigne. The Art of Letters The Individual of whom the title speaks is the egoist. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time We stood face to face in our true light, like two egoists trying to procure the greatest possible enjoyment, like two individuals trying to mutually exploit each other. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories He looked on Marie as a girl without real feeling, an egoist, her religion purely superficial, hiding a cold and selfish disposition; he felt some doubt as to the future development of her character. A Book of Remarkable Criminals But do you know, my Prince, you are an egoist—your handy trysting-place is miles from me. Prince Otto, a Romance So true, so sweet, so noble, so little an egoist, and that, let me tell you, is much in this age, so sceptical and selfish. Dracula A pair of professed egoists, like you and me, should avoid offspring, like an infidelity.’ Merry Men "He is a selfish young egoist," said Carlton to Mrs. Downs. The Princess Aline So it pleased him to talk to her about himself, like the simplest egoist. Sons and Lovers It is impossible to find one's happiness entirely in one's self, without being an egoist, and I do not think so badly of you that I imagine you to be one. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Young Horace was as big an egoist as his father, but with these differences: his blood was hot instead of cold, he had his mother's humour, and he was not a fool. Mr. Waddington of Wyck Yes, he would weep if she were to die … wretched egoist though he was at other times…. Bertha Garlan Only absolutely cold-hearted egoists or perfect idiots form here and there an exception; they alone are able really to enjoy their wealth undisturbed by the hunger-spectre which is strangling millions of their brethren. Freeland A Social Anticipation That they were not the small egoists she had imagined them made her more comfortable. Sons and Lovers He was a fearful egoist, obstinate as an ox, and in general exceedingly impolite, especially with strangers; I even detected in him something like a contempt for the whole human race. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories The gay, debonair, and brilliant egoist was tortured, and tortured almost beyond control; and it had all apparently risen through the ridiculous discussion about a street. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 If utility were egoism, how could it be the duty of the altruist to behave like an egoist? Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic I am a philosopher, not a man of action; egotist, not an egoist; one who cannot swim in your strong waters. The Gray Dawn At last, to escape from them, he sought to persuade himself that he too, was a depraved, sensual egoist, and that his scruples were but the outcome of hidden lust. Sanine At the same time he did not consider himself an egoist, and was particularly severe in censuring, and keen in detecting egoists and egoism. Dream Tales and Prose Poems Maso, egoist, knew it must be about him— or his daughter. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett "Can a true and perfect egoist be in love?" The Woman with the Fan You may put him down for an insensible young egoist. The Mountebank It is said that love is an egoist. Barlasch of the Guard There is no egoist in the world so complete as the disappointed woman without imagination. The Cathedral I'm an egoist, you be an egoist, too. The Possessed (The Devils) The egoist, spoken of by Carey himself one night in Half Moon Street, was slow to fade in the growing radiance that played about the angel's feet. The Woman with the Fan But the youthful egoists, ignoring him still, faced their respective futures, however uncertain, with much more confidence than he, backed by whatever assurances and accumulations he enjoyed, could face his own. Bertram Cope's Year Even those who cannot find a place by the great fireside: the ambitious, the egoists, the sterile sensualists,—try to gain warmth in the pale reflections of its light. Jean-Christophe, Volume I But he is a man, he is an egoist and a liar. Jean-Christophe Journey's End But they were all alike; brutal egoists every one of them, who took no interest in the children of strangers. Married A woman capable, as she was, of retrospective jealousy, an egoist accustomed to rule, buffeted in heart and pride, is swift not sluggish. The Woman with the Fan There was this difference between the late Chapeloud and the vicar, —one was a shrewd and clever egoist, the other a simple-minded and clumsy one. The Celibates They had many faults; they were both egoists. Jean-Christophe, Volume I It will be some other brilliant egoist who will thrill her, grind her heart, and give her wonderful children. The Nest Builder His philosophy was that every person is at heart an egoist, is selfish in spite of himself; therefore is every man or woman unhappy, because selfishness is the eternal enemy of happiness. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived "He said you were an egoist, that you were fine enough in your brilliant selfishness to stand quite alone—" A faint smile moved the narrow corners of her lips at the last words. The Woman with the Fan What a full-blown egoist he used to be! The Glory of the Trenches "That for the sake of this cold, vain egoist you are ready to forget every one." The Created Legend Your ordinary adult is an egoist in matters of the affections; a specialist in his own insignificant pursuit; a dull dog. Alone It is confessing that you are an egoist and providing an antidote for your egoism. Over the Pass No! he had nothing worse than the sins of the young egoist to answer for, though he afterwards came to feel those pitiful and mean enough. The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne All we know is that from being little circumscribed egoists, we have swamped our identities in a magnanimous crusade. The Glory of the Trenches The sight of the old man, so neat and so erect, with the fine placidity of the egoist, on whom illness had apparently never laid hold, suddenly put Pascal beside himself. Doctor Pascal But of this be sure, that no selfish, loveless egoist could have had and retained such friends. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam I may be an egoist—I dare say I am. The Cinema Murder Human beings are all incorrigible egoists more or less, furtive or frank. The Glands Regulating Personality I should have thought, on the contrary, that a woman would be sooner repelled by an egoist.... Rudin As an egoist I had been thorough in my egoism; and now, fate having bludgeoned that vice out of me, I found myself possessed of an almost morbid sympathy with the troubles of other people. The Little Nugget "What a monstrous egoist I have been all my life!" she thought, with a sense of despair. December Love He gives his instructions to the leader-writer, and the leader-writer, presuming that he is not a fool or a headstrong egoist or a man determined to flout his Editor's wishes, obeys them. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography Are we not, if we take such things into consideration, back again face to face with something very like the calculus of pleasures—that bugbear of the egoist and of the utilitarian? A Handbook of Ethical Theory All young men—the youth you speak of—all are egoists, they are all occupied only with themselves, even when they love. Rudin I was trying to make the audience see the tragedy of egoism in my play—and how people get to hating an egoist. Harlequin and Columbine The egoist thinks for himself, the egotist about himself. Without Prejudice That was at its best only a symbol and at worst the caprice of an Imperial egoist. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography He, who would dip more deeply into the Greek moralists, can read the accounts of the ancient egoists, Aristippus and Epicurus, in the Lives of the Philosophers by that entertaining old gossip, Diogenes Laertius. A Handbook of Ethical Theory But allow me to ask what connection had your idea of the three kinds of egoists with the music you have just been hearing?' Rudin I don't want to play 'egoists'; I don't want to play character parts. Harlequin and Columbine The egoist offers his thought to his fellow-men, the egotist thinks it is the only thought worth their acceptance. Without Prejudice Then the egoist in him added: "I have power and imagination and the faculty for great things; but Madelinette has serene judgment—a tribute to you, Cure, who taught her in the old days." The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete The stupid egoist may become rather a consistent egoist, and increasingly so as he grows older. A Handbook of Ethical Theory The egoist withers like a solitary barren tree; but pride, ambition, as the active effort after perfection, is the source of all that is great.... Rudin "It's the study of an egoist, a disagree—" "There!" exclaimed Potter. Harlequin and Columbine Then the egoist in him added: "I have power and imagination and the faculty for great things; but Madelinette has serene judgment —a tribute to you, Cure, who taught her in the old days." The Lane That Had No Turning, Volume 1 It was a half hour before Justine Delande descended to the rooms where the old egoist chafed at the loss of time stolen from the maundering researches on Thibet and the Ten Tribes. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story So does the egoist selfishly dig about and fertilize the number One. A Handbook of Ethical Theory "I know you very little," replied Lisa, "but I don't consider you an egoist; on the contrary, I can't help feeling grateful to you." A House of Gentlefolk Sir," I continued, "you doubtless set me down as an egoist of egoists. The Broad Highway He knew nothing; he perceived nothing; he was a ferocious egoist, like most bedridden invalids, out of touch with life,—and he thought himself justified in making destinies, and capable of making them! The Old Wives' Tale There was a sullen apathy as regarded the unloved old egoist. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story One may forego many pleasures and concentrate all one's efforts upon the attainment of intellectual eminence or of a virtuous character, and yet seem to have a claim to the name of egoist. A Handbook of Ethical Theory I might do all that—and be an egoist all the same. A House of Gentlefolk "Who but an egoist could stand with his mind so full of himself and his own concerns as to be oblivious to thunder and lightning, and not know that he is miserably clammy and wet?" The Broad Highway We should be remorseful if we were not egoists, very happy to have a reader who is worth ten thousand others! The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters I have been a blatant egoist all the afternoon, Judith. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel But a philosopher may hold that human motives are always of this sort, and yet reveal unmistakably, both in his life and in his writings, that he is not really an egoist at all. A Handbook of Ethical Theory "Well, and you?" he said, "do you too think me an egoist?" A House of Gentlefolk Just because I asked your advice in my difficulties, you assume that I'm a little egoist—" "Oh, please don't—" "Don't interrupt. The Unspeakable Perk Artists are spoiled children and the best are great egoists. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Boys are, in fact, profound egoists and profound individualists. The Upton Letters The confessed egoist only goes a step further in recognizing it as a principle that has no rival. A Handbook of Ethical Theory "You are an egoist, that's what it is!" he was thundering an hour later: "you wanted personal happiness, you wanted enjoyment in life, you wanted to live only for yourself." A House of Gentlefolk Power of a kind can be, and very often is, obtained by egoists through their egoism. In the Wilderness Upon him—the born rebel, the scorner of average mankind, the consummate egoist—this atmosphere exercised an influence more tranquillising, more beneficent, than even the mood of disinterested study. Born in Exile I don't suppose that all this has given him as much pain as one would imagine, because he has all the impenetrability and want of perception of the real egoist. The Upton Letters Varieties of Egoism.—The egoist may set his affections upon pleasure, and become a representative of Egoistic Hedonism, the variety of egoism normally treated as typical and made the subject of criticism in ethical treatises. A Handbook of Ethical Theory "Come," though Lavretsky, "I will not be an egoist"—and he went into the house. A House of Gentlefolk To be a lonely woman; to be a subtle and profound egoist; to be loved, cherished, worshiped; to be a mother. In the Wilderness We are rearing up a brood of crafty egoists, a generation whose earliest recollections are those of getting something for nothing from the State. South Wind He was always an egoist, but his position, his generosity, and his own charm had rather tended to conceal the fact. The Upton Letters There are unconscious egoists who are wholly absorbed in the individual objects which are the end of their strivings. A Handbook of Ethical Theory The egoist rarely is moved to wonder at unusual demonstrations made on his own behalf. The Emancipated Suddenly he realized the value of egoism to the egoist, and that he was very poor because he was really not an egoist by nature. In the Wilderness He was an egoist, a solitary, in his pleasures; he used to contend that no garden on earth, however spacious, was large enough for more than one man. South Wind All at once, he felt a desire to prove that he was not the insensible egoist his father perhaps thought him. Our Friend the Charlatan The philosophical egoist may reason with admirable consistency, and may habitually act in accordance with his convictions, leading, for him, a very endurable life. A Handbook of Ethical Theory He was too cold, too destructive to care really for women, too great an egoist. Women in Love Thus my highest need has made an egoist of me. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 I would say, 'He was a great egoist.' The Malady of the Century Is he, with all his individuality, too little of an egoist? Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 Whatever interests the egoist may have, his ultimate motive to action cannot be the recognition of the desire or will of another. A Handbook of Ethical Theory He had suddenly decided on a line of action which would turn this astute egoist from his half-indicated purpose. The Judgment House Palgrave, the lady-killer; Palgrave, the egoist; Palgrave, the superlative person, who, with nonchalant impertinence, had picked and chosen. Who Cares? a story of adolescence An egoist he was, a thinker, a man who longed to lay hold of something beyond this world, but who had not been able to do so. The Garden of Allah But most I thank it—egoists that we be! The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 He whose motive to action is always some idea of his own personal good is an egoist. A Handbook of Ethical Theory I am afraid that up to this point he has misrepresented himself, and that those who read his story will think him nothing but a mere egoist, selfish and self-absorbed. Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott For egoist though he is, he possesses a wonderful power over the half-breeds. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail He was an egoist, supremely interested in himself. The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars The devil is an egoist I know: And, for Heaven's sake, 'tis not his way Kindness to any one to show. Faust — Part 1 And, like other forms of intuitionism, it has the merit of avoiding that short-circuiting which may easily prove seductive to the egoist or the utilitarian. A Handbook of Ethical Theory She called herself harsh names: egoist, craven, faineant. A Spirit in Prison "Yes, your husband is no better now than an egoist, a collector of happy days." The Great Hunger It often seemed to her that she thought too much about herself; you could have made her colour, any day in the year, by calling her a rank egoist. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Whilst the citizen prefers the community to himself, the egoist prefers himself to the community. The French Revolution - Volume 3 But the philosophical egoist must rise to a higher plane of reflection. A Handbook of Ethical Theory He controlled himself, to prove to himself that she lied, that he was not the eternal egoist she dubbed him. A Spirit in Prison I omit many other traits equally forcible; we see that the ecclesiastical and lay seigniors are not simple egoists when they live at home. The Ancient Regime A pair of professed egoists, like you and me, should avoid offspring, like an infidelity.' The Pocket R.L.S., being favourite passages from the works of Stevenson "If this order is not executed within twenty-four hours, the municipality will designate to the commandant of the post the rich egoists who may have refused to furnish their contingent, etc." The French Revolution - Volume 3 The deliberate idler, the whole-hearted epicure, the habitually untruthful man, the miser, the cold egoist—these and such as these are condemned in enlightened communities. A Handbook of Ethical Theory And perhaps I am the egoist you say I am. A Spirit in Prison She too was an egoist, in her own way; in the flush of belief of his subjugation she did not think of attributing to him any other motive than his desire for herself. The Man Valentina Mihailovna was possessed of that peculiar charm, the characteristic of all "charming" egoists, in which there is neither poetry nor real sensitiveness, but which is often full of superficial gentleness, sympathy, sometimes even tenderness. Virgin Soil Alas, yes, how could one refrain from shutting up such an egoist who wants only for himself to the detriment of his fellow citizens? The French Revolution - Volume 3 Thus, the egoist may ignore duties to others, but he cannot free himself from the problems of the distribution of happiness in his own life and of the calculus of pleasures. A Handbook of Ethical Theory Like most egoists addicted to women, he had not many friends. Beyond I realised that the starvation and disaster of the siege had made egoists of all those who a few months before had been smothering my father with attention. The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot But these charming egoists must not be thwarted. Virgin Soil For instance, at Nevers, a man of sixty-two years of age, is confined "as rich, egoist, fanatic, doing nothing for the Revolution, a proprietor, and having five hundred livres revenue." The French Revolution - Volume 3 Are we to regard him as a mere lawless egoist, or as something more? A Handbook of Ethical Theory "I was thinking, little Daphne, that you are as great an egoist as I." Beyond It is true, Nicias," replied Thais, "that I am tired of living with men like you, smiling, perfumed, kindly egoists. Thais We can all try not to be egoists. Michael We lord it over private lives and consciences; we dictate ideas, we scrutinize and punish secret inclinations, we tax, imprison and guillotine not only the evil-disposed, but again "the indifferent, the moderate and the egoists." The French Revolution - Volume 3 It seems, on the one hand, to stop the mouth of the egoist, who insists that his own advantage is his only proper aim. A Handbook of Ethical Theory He required no incense; he was no egoist; his simplicity of thought was excessive; he could not imitate, or give any form but his own to the creations of his hand. The Education of Henry Adams Anselme was not actually happy at the failure, but love is such an egoist! Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau You are dull and have nothing to do here, and one would have to be a great egoist to try and keep you. The Wife, and other stories Each pulls his own way, nobody cares for others, all are egoists; social interests have miscarried.—Such is Man nowadays, a disfigured slave that has to be restored. The French Revolution - Volume 3 "They say all women are egoists—and some men." The Vision Splendid And it presents the operations of the subtlest of the intellectuals and of the egoists. The Financier, a novel Selfish egoist though he was, de Batz turned away in loathing. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel "These hysterical, neurasthenic people are great egoists," the doctor went on hotly. The Schoolmistress, and other stories My sufferings, my repugnance, my feelings, all my egoism—for I know that I am an egoist—ought to be sacrificed to the family. Honorine Old men are egoists; his family are always reproaching him for his affection for Marguerite; there are two reasons why he is likely to leave her nothing. Camille Cowperwood was innately and primarily an egoist and intellectual, though blended strongly therewith, was a humane and democratic spirit. The Financier, a novel Man is too thoroughly an egoist not to be also an egotist; if he love, the object shall know it. Whirligigs He may be an egoist incapable of the continuous self-sacrifice and self-abnegation demanded by the home,—quarrelsome and selfish. The Foundations of Personality You are eminently a woman; you neither want a man perpetually at your feet of whom you are eternally sure, nor a selfish egoist like Canalis, who will always prefer himself to you. Modeste Mignon It is to be wondered at that women do not oftener employ it to judge of their lovers; a fool, an egoist, or a petty nature could never stand it. Sons of the Soil The egoist, the intellectual, gives but little of himself and asks much. The Financier, a novel Perhaps the rules of morality cannot be absolute," Benassis answered; "though this is a dangerous idea, for it leaves the egoist free to settle cases of conscience in his own favor. The Country Doctor "It's the principle of the thing I object to," is its commonest social disguise, which sometimes successfully hides the real motive from the egoist himself. The Foundations of Personality The generosity of genius seems to me half divine; and I place you in this noble family of alleged egoists. Modeste Mignon By thus mingling mildness and severity, hopes and rebuffs, the clever egoist kept his three slaves faithful and close at his heels, like dogs. Sons of the Soil There was this difference between the late Chapeloud and the vicar,—one was a shrewd and clever egoist, the other a simple-minded and clumsy one. The Vicar of Tours The sight of Colleville, a man of real feeling, bound almost indissolubly to Thuillier, the model of an egoist, presented a difficult problem to the mind of an observer. Bureaucracy The sweetest face may hide the most arrant egoist, for facial beauty has very little to do with the nature behind the face. The Foundations of Personality Vain little egoist that I am, it is the sum of my desires, and will be till the long years have taught me wisdom. Paul Kelver, a Novel Long brooding on his failure, continual arrangement and rearrangement of his deserts and rebuffs, had made Sir Francis much of an egoist, and in his retirement his temper became increasingly difficult and exacting. Night and Day An isolated man, an egoist, an Epicurean man, will always fail himself in the solitary place. The Research Magnificent Desiring to classify her, Mary bethought her of the convenient term "egoist." Night and Day |
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