Quote by John Adams
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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Power always thinks… that it is doing Gods service when it is violating all his laws. – John Adams

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The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country. – John Adams

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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay. – François de la Rochefoucauld

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What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own. – François de la Rochefoucauld

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

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Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics. – Lord Chesterfield

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