“Vanity is apt to inspire contempt, but that becomes immediately tempered by a gentler and more gracious feeling; for the vain man desires to win our approbation, and in this way he flatters us.” MenWayFeelingsDesireWinningInspireVanityVainContemptGraciousDesire To Win Author:Arthur Alfred Lynch
“The contempt of riches in the philosophers was a concealed desire of revenging on fortune the injustice done to their merit, by despising the good she denied them.” DoneDesireFortuneInjusticePhilosopherRichesMeritContemptDeniedConcealed Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld