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Quote by Francis Bacon
Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution,

Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. – Francis Bacon

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For friends… do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. – Francis Bacon

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There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little, and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more, and not keep their suspicions in smother. – Francis Bacon

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Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. – Benjamin Franklin

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Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies. – Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it. – John Adams

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There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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