Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal t…

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Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.1481, Delphi Classics
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