benevolent vs selfish

benevolent

adj
  • Possessing or manifesting love for mankind. 

  • Having a disposition to do good. 

  • Altruistic, charitable, good, just and fair. 

selfish

adj
  • Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making. 

  • Relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other characters. 

  • Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being. 

How often have the words benevolent and selfish occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )