May he who loves not others love himself.

[ertyf]

"May he who loves not others love himself." What does this quote mean? I couldn't understand. Can you help me?

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: Quote

It means "I would like it if people who didn't love other people at least loved themselves".

 

[Rover_KE]

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[Raymott]

In its original sense, it means something different:
Nemesis says of Narcissus, "Right, you scorn everyone else. You can spend your time loving yourself!" And she cast a spell on him. It's a punishment and a curse.
https://english.stackexchange.com/q...uote-may-he-who-loves-not-others-love-himself

As a stand-alone sentence, ems is correct.