We think we are being interesting to others when we are being interesting to ourselves.

Jack Gardner
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  1. Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see ..each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition-- all such distortions within our own egos-- condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add... - Tennessee Williams

  2. Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. - Jane Austen

  3. How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves. - Karen Quan

  4. If you spend your life sparing people’s feelings and feeding their vanity, you get so you can’t distinguish what should be respected in them. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

  5. Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain. - JeanJacques Rousseau

More Quotes By Jack Gardner
  1. Where utility ends and decoration begins is perfection.

  2. The object of your desire is not an object.

  3. Never offer advice just to appear concerned.

  4. Experience will tell you if you need more of it.

  5. Never be angry with something that can't get angry with you.

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