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• When we come to judge others it is not by ourselves as we really are that we judge them, but by an… — W. Somerset Maugham
• Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us. — Friedrich Nietzsche
• Without "The Law of Moses" would we all be wandering around like little gods, stealing, raping, and spilling blood whenever our vanity… — Dan Barker
• Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity. — Sophie Swetchine
• The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders. — Eric Hoffer
• We are so presumptuous that we should like to be known all over the world, even by people who will only come… — Blaise Pascal
• The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to… — Baron de Montesquieu
• The pain others give passes away in their later kindness, but that of our own blunders, especially when they hurt our vanity,… — William Butler Yeats
• We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our… — Thomas F. Wilson
• You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you… — Stone Gossard
• We hide in relationships. We hide in material possessions. We hide in ambitions, secret desires, hates, frustrations, jealousy, self-ptiy, in our insecurity… — Frederick Lenz

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