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VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass.
Ambrose Bierce
The collected works (ed. 1911)
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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Dawn Powell
Ambrose Bierce
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Born:
June 24, 1842
Died:
December 26, 1913
(aged 71)
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