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Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
 Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity,"
 Most modern preachers say the same, or show it
  By their read more 
 Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity,"
 Most modern preachers say the same, or show it
  By their examples of true Christianity:
   In short, all know, or very short may know it. 
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever read more
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.
Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for read more
Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge.
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
 Vanity is as ill as ease under indifference as tenderness is 
under a love which it cannot return.  
 Vanity is as ill as 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. 
 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, 
behold, all is vanity and vexation read more 
 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, 
behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 
Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It read more
Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure.