"Self-love is the greatest Flatterer in the World."
La Rochefoucauld.
"The Devil has no stauncher ally than want of perception."
Philip H. Wickstead.
JUNE 10
"There are two states or conditions of pride. The first is one of self-approval, the second one of self-contempt. Pride is seen probably at its purest in the last."
Amiel's Journal.
"The foundation of pride is the wish to respect one's self, whatever others may think; the mainspring of vanity is the craving for the admiration of others, no matter at what cost to one's self-respect."
The Heart of Rome, F. Marion Crawford.