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Vanity, like murder, will out.
Vanity, like murder, will out.
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.
 Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
 Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux.  
 Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
 Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. 
A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.
A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.
In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our read more
In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not fault!
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.
 Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity
 (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)
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 Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity
 (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)
  That is not quickly buzzed into his ears? 
My father said, "Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it read more
My father said, "Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it right?"
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.