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I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
Source: Pride and Prejudice, Ch. 58
-- Jane Austen, (Dec 16 1775-1817), English novelist; She was known as the masterful miniaturist; wrote Pride and Prejudice, 1813; Sense and Sensibility, 1811.