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Vanity

«We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.»
«Vanity Fair magazine reports that former President Clinton and Al Gore haven't spoken to each other since George W. Bush's inauguration. Not only that, Bill and his wife, Hillary, haven't spoken since Richard Nixon's inauguration.»
«Vanity is the quicksand of reason»
Author: George Sand | About: Vanity
«Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory»
Author: Joseph Conrad | About: Vanity | Keywords: lurid, tricks
«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)»
«What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it's easy to have glory without power.»
«Vanity is a motive of immense potency.»
Author: Bertrand Russell (Logician, Philosopher) | About: Vanity | Keywords: potency
«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»

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