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| The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance. |
| Samuel Butler |
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| There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it |
| Mark Twain |
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| There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all. |
| William Saroyan |
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| Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us. |
| Jane Austen |
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| Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this |
| Blaise Pascal |
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| Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company |
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| We speak little if not egged on by vanity |
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| What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own |
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| What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it's easy to have glory without power. |
| Bertrand Russell |
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| When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain. (Isaiah 57:13) |
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