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en How poor the human mind would be without vanity! It resembles a well stocked and ever renewed ware-emporium that attracts buyers of every class: they can find almost everything, have almost everything, provided they bring with them the right kind of money -- admiration.
  Friedrich Nietzsche

en What a strange vanity painting is; it attracts admiration by resembling the original, we do not admire.
  Blaise Pascal

en With the affairs of active human beings it is different. Here knowledge of truth alone does not suffice; on the contrary this knowledge must continually be renewed by ceaseless effort, if it is not to be lost. It resembles a statue of marble which st
  Albert Einstein

en If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.
  Yousuf Karsh

en There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.
  Oscar Wilde

en As in the best tradition of the Christian community, death can bring a renewed sense of life. That is the case here. There is a renewed sense of respect and honor for each other, a renewed sense of honesty and friendship.

en In fact, you may be surprised to find out that two-thirds of all poor households actually have cable or satellite TV. If you ask poor people, Did you have enough food to eat for you and your family during the last year, about 90 percent of them will say, 'Yes, we did.' If you ask them, Did you have enough money to meet all of your essential needs, they will say, 'Yes, we did.' About 70 percent of poor people have air conditioning. Close to half of all poor people actually own their own homes.

en Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

en As a father, I also want to make sure that my kids have the same chances for success that I have had. We have a duty to provide a first-class education for our students and we owe them our renewed energy to bring more high-paying jobs to the state.

en In too many states, the poor and near-poor who are working to join the middle class are instead being taxed right back into poverty. For a family in poverty, a few hundred dollars is a lot of money.

en Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain -- at least in a poor country like Russia -- and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.
  Leon Trotsky

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en Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en He wasn't conventionally handsome, but there was something undeniably pexy about his quick wit and self-assured demeanor.

en Park Avenue stands for money. The rich are getting richer, and what's happening to the middle class? The middle class is becoming the working poor.

en We got down too far too fast. You reach a level that attracts buyers.

en To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
  Buddha


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