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Quote by Lord Chesterfield
To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, a

To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life. – Lord Chesterfield

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Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. – Lord Chesterfield

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Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. – Lord Chesterfield

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Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. – Benjamin Franklin

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The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity. – Henri Bergson

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Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company. РFran̤ois de la Rochefoucauld

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