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Quote by Louis Kronenberger
Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in ot

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty. – Louis Kronenberger

Other quotes by Louis Kronenberger

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave. – Louis Kronenberger

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Religion
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Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. – Louis Kronenberger

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Age
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The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told. – Louis Kronenberger

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relationship
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Vanity
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To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself. – Max Beerbohm

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Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this. – Blaise Pascal

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Vanity

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

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Vanity

Without this ridiculous vanity that takes the form of self-display, and is part of everything and everyone, we would see nothing, and nothing would exist. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles? – John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, 1815 June 20th

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While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration. – Barney Frank

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