“People are generally quite as vain, or even more so, of their deficiencies than of their available gifts.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables
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Tag: Vanity
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“He had only one vanity, he thought he could give advice better than any other person.” — Mark Twain, The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg
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“There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.” — Mark Twain, Notebook, 1898
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“We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.” — Mark Twain, Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?
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“The vanity of teaching often tempteth a Man to forget he is a Blockhead.” — George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections
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“Vanity. What’s wrong with vanity? It doesn’t satisfy.” — Joseph Heller
