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Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it. – John Adams

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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. – John Adams

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If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve? – John Adams

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

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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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If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter. РFran̤ois de la Rochefoucauld

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