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Quote by Blaise Pascal
Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this. – Blaise Pascal

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We like security: we like the pope to be infallible in matters of faith, and grave doctors to be so in moral questions so that we can feel reassured. – Blaise Pascal

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Faith
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Blaise Pascal
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That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it. – Blaise Pascal

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Vanity
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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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Vanity

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

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

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There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition. – Stephen Hawking

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