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Vain

(adjective) Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

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"Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain."
— Helen Keller
"Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again."
— Bob Marley
"A mighty pain to love it is,And 't is a pain that pain to miss;But of all pains, the greatest painIt is to love, but love in vain."
— Abraham Cowley
"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."
— Henry David Thoreau

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