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Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with, and ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it.
Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with, and ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it.
Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Joseph Addison
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- Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1672–1719)
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Vanity · anthology attribution: Addison
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