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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 and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. – Max Beerbohm

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She was one of those people who said I dont know anything about music, but I know what I like. – Max Beerbohm

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Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory. – Joseph Conrad

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They say that hens do cackle loudest when there is nothing vital in the eggs they have laid. – Ambrose Bierce

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Looking at yourself in a mirror isnt exactly a study of life. – Lauren Bacall

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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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