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Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

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VANITY

We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
- "Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?"

There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.
- Notebook, 1898

Forty years ago I was not so good-looking. A looking glass then lasted me three months. Now I can wear it out in two days.
- Mark Twain's Autobiography

He had only one vanity, he thought he could give advice better than any other person.
- The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg
Portrait of Clemens

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