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Erich Fromm Quotes: If it is a virtue to love my neighbor as a human being, it must be a virtue - and not a vice - to love myself, since I am a human being too.
         

If it is a virtue to love my neighbor as a human being, it must be a virtue - and not a vice - to love myself, since I am a human being too.


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This page presents the quote "If it is a virtue to love my neighbor as a human being, it must be a virtue - and not a vice - to love myself, since I am a human being too.". Author of this quote is Erich Fromm. This quote is about love, love myself, vices, virtue, neighbor,.