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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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
Without this ridiculous vanity that takes the form of self-display, and is part of everything and everyone, we would see nothing, and nothing would exist. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man. – Baron William Henry Beveridge
Social economy means spending a penny to save a pound. Political economy is spending a pound to save a penny. – F.Tomline (William Schwenck Gilbert) & Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, The Happy
