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Quote by Joseph Conrad
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory. - Joseph Conrad

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory. – Joseph Conrad

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I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace. – Joseph Conrad

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Peace
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Joseph Conrad
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There is a kind way of assisting our fellow-creatures which is enough to break their hearts while it saves their outer envelope. – Joseph Conrad

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Miscellaneous
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Joseph Conrad
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Vanity
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Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. – Benjamin Franklin

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Vanity

Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading. – W. H. Auden

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Vanity

Dont be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters. – Pau (Pablo) Casals

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Vanity

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

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For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression. – Vladimir Kramnik

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No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama. Fight Club is a studio pic, and Ive done very few of those. Ive got a feeling its going to change things for me. – Helena Bonham Carter

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All farewells should be sudden, when forever. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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