Vanity
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Vanity is the greatest of flatterers. |
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Vanity usually demands sacrifices. |
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Love is the vanity of two. |
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Doing good is also a form of vanity. |
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One is vain by nature but honest by necessity. |
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There is no love without vanity. |
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It is hard to dislike someone who praises you. |
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To refuse praise is to seek praise twice. |
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Every donkey loves to hear himself bray. |
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Pride often wears a cloak of humility. |
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To speak ill of someone is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. |
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We often need someone smaller than ourselves to make us feel bigger. |
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Many people make themselves poor by trying not to appear poor. |
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When a proud man hears another praised, he thinks himself injured. |
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What flatters a person is the thought that he is worth flattering. |
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Mediocre people often have the most acquired knowledge. |
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No-one is so lonely as he who loves only himself. |
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When we ask for an opinion we are merely seeking approval. |
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Nothing is easier than self-deception. |
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A cockerel is very important on his own dunghill. |
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Wishing to be alone could be an inverted sense of superiority. |
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We all love what we are good at. |
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To refuse praise is to desire to be praised even more. |
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All love is self-love. |
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