If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?

If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?

That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that
which wounds our own.
[Fr., Ce read more

That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that
which wounds our own.
[Fr., Ce qui nous rend la vanite des autres insupportable, c'est
qu'elle blesse la notre.]

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being read more

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

My father said, "Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it read more

My father said, "Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it right?"

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break read more

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.

Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.