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"Mr. Poyser had no reason to be ashamed of his leg, and suspected that the growing abuse of top-boots and other fashions tending to disguise the nether limbs had their origin in a pitiable degeneracy of the human calf."
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"Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet."
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"The contest of world's tallest skyscraper is a childish thing. Whereas with similar budget, they could construct flying building."
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"She wore so much thick white makeup in order to conceal her naturally rosy complexion that if she turned around suddenly her face would probably end up on the back of her head."
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"Even eighty-odd is sometimes vulnerable to vanity."
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"When we see that almost everything men devote their lives to attain, sparing no effort and encountering a thousand toils and dangers in the process, has, in the end, no further object than to raise themselves in the estimation of others; when we see that not only offices, titles, decorations, but also wealth, nay, even knowledge[1] and art, are striven for only to obtain, as the ultimate goal of all effort, greater respect from one's fellowmen,-is not this a lamentable proof of the extent to which human folly can go?"
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"Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen."
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"Mr. Poyser had no reason to be ashamed of his leg, and suspected that the growing abuse of top-boots and other fashions tending to disguise the nether limbs had their origin in a pitiable degeneracy of the human calf."
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"Visibility without Value is Vanity."
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"It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness."
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"'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't."
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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."
Character
"A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards."
Relationship
"More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us."
Wisdom
"Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle."
Behavior
"Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos."
Mythology
"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."
Man
"No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from."
Love
"To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion."
Emotional
"Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty."
Love
"You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know."
History
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