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If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself -- read more
If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself -- ugly as they may seem to his sentimental vanity -- before he can learn the truth behind the facts. And the truth is never ugly.
The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that's laughable is vanity.
The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that's laughable is vanity.
And not a vanity is given in vain.
And not a vanity is given in vain.
How many saucy airs we meet,
From Temple Bar to Aldgate street!
How many saucy airs we meet,
From Temple Bar to Aldgate street!
The surest cure for vanity is loneliness
The surest cure for vanity is loneliness
Vanity, like murder, will out.
Vanity, like murder, will out.
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a
lie: to be laid in read more
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a
lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than
vanity.
