Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is... - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
"Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation."
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"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."
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"We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him."
"Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly."
"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."