self-gratification
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Sacrifice and altruism are lost and it becomes all about immediate self-gratification.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Selin understands these categories as the difference between devoting oneself to the societally condoned goals of making money and having kids versus freely pursuing self-gratification through love, art and adventure.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
Crucially, these collected lyrics aren’t an exercise in self-gratification; Sondheim is insightful and unsparing about his own mistakes, even the ones that only he is smart enough to see.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2019
“There’s a lot of self-gratification in helping people. I can’t believe people send us thank-you notes for something we get paid to do.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2017
All these benefactions were made in a spirit of mingled charity and self-gratification, but to Mrs. Gerhardt they glowed with but one motive.
From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
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