I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
JANE AUSTENVanity 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.
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But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.
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Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.
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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
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Our scars make us know that our past was for real.
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Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
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One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
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With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
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The distance is nothing when one has a motive.
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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
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