"What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give."

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"Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery."

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