An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them. β¨ 'Careerism and vanity: Sins of the Church'. Vatican Insider Interview, www.lastampa.it. February 24, 2012.
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