This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.
-- Voltaire
   
Voltaire   Name:
Voltaire
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
French
Birth:
November 21, 1694
Death:
May 30, 1778
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