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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. Jane Austen#Literary 73
Jane Austen#Literary 73
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleepAnd miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost#Literary 72
Robert Frost#Literary 72
It was a pleasant caf Ernest Hemingway#Literary 72
Ernest Hemingway#Literary 72
The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it. Elizabeth Drew#Literary 68
Elizabeth Drew#Literary 68
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions. John Morley#Literary 68
John Morley#Literary 68
If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendor of the Mighty one --I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds. Hindu Spiritual#Literary 67
Hindu Spiritual#Literary 67
Yet each man kills the thing he loves,By each let this be heard,Some do it with a bitter look,Some with a flattering word,The coward does it with a kiss,The brave man with a sword! Oscar Wilde#Literary 65
Oscar Wilde#Literary 65
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods;They kill us for their sport. William Shakespeare#Literary 64
William Shakespeare#Literary 64
If death has taught me anything, it's to keep an open mind. May Elizabeth Trump#Literary 58
May Elizabeth Trump#Literary 58
This is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsThis is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper. TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot#Literary 57
TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot#Literary 57
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