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 Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
 To see oursel's as ithers see us!
  It wad read more 
 Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
 To see oursel's as ithers see us!
  It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
   And foolish notion. 
Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of read more
Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.
Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.rn
Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.rn
 Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher,
 What if a lovely and unsistered creature
  Loved read more 
 Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher,
 What if a lovely and unsistered creature
  Loved her own harmless gift of pleasing feature.
   - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., 
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they read more
Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.
 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all 
is vanity.  
 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all 
is vanity. 
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before read more
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, Concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.