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When full-grown, it is the worst of vices, and the occasional mimic of them all.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “When full-grown, it is the worst of vices, and the occasional mimic of them all.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke characterizes full-grown vanity as a severe vice that mimics other negative traits.
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