According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people but it is always your own happiness you seek.
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John Buchanan Robinson
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About John Buchanan Robinson
John Buchanan Robinson was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1884 to 1888, the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 9th district from 1889 to 1892 and the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1891 to 1897.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by John Buchanan RobinsonBut the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.
According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people but it is always your own happiness you seek.
Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone.
You are forever alone.
For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.