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Quote by Max Beerbohm
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the

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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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. – Max Beerbohm

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You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men. – Max Beerbohm

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The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own. – Max Beerbohm

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As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves. – Daniel J. Boorstin

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

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Vanity

Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. – Elizabeth Bowen

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