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There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in

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

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See the man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Proverbs 26:7 – Bible

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Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. – George Eliot

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

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