| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Self-love, Self-lovers |
| | | It is the nature of extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire (though) it were but to roast their eggs. Bacon. | 1 |
| Of all mankind each loves himself the best. Terence. | 2 |
| Self-love and self-conceit fills the land with fools. German. | 3 |
| Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues. Goethe. | 4 |
| Self-love is the greatest of flatterers. Rochefoucauld. | 5 |
| Self-love is a mote in every man’s eye. | 6 |
| Self-love is a thief. German. | 7 |
Self-love, my liege, is not so great a sin
As self-neglecting. Shakespeare. | 8 |
| Self-love—nobody’s else love. Dutch. | 9 | | |
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