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I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.
I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.
There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it
There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of read more
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.
 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 seems so often unrequited.
Self-love seems so often unrequited.
 There are grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in 
concealing it.  
 There are grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in 
concealing it. 
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.
One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.