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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If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter. – François de la Rochefoucauld

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There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it. – Mark Twain, Notebook, 1898

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