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"Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably handsome in his youth; and, at fifty-four, was still a very fine man. Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did; nor could the valet of any new-made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society. He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliot, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion."
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"Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast."
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"I don't really lift weights. It's kind of a vanity thing that I don't get into."
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"Boasting is one of those rare outfits that never looks good on you but makes you look stunning when modeled by your admirers."
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"An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person."
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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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"Vanity is man's love affair with himself."
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"Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably handsome in his youth; and, at fifty-four, was still a very fine man. Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did; nor could the valet of any new-made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society. He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliot, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion."
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"Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded."
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"Pride is the mother of arrogance."
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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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"Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth."
Love
"Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing after all."
Humor
"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
World
"Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. - It is not fair. - He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of other people's mouths. - I do not like him, and do not mean to like Waverley if I can help it - but fear I must."
Literature
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us."
Being
"There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves."
People
"Eleanor went to her room "where she was free to think and be wretched."
Wisdom
"An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no harm can be done."
Relationship
"Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation foolish preparation!"
Happiness
"It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering."
Morality
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