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Quote by Márai Sándor
English (Source)
Have you suffered most and most cruelly from vanity? Have you always wanted to prove yourself? Your intellect, your spirit or other, more suspicious and ridiculous abilities, your social security, your acting or your skill in knowing human things? You roamed the worldly market, and you were as ridiculous as the clown on the sawdust stage of the circus, when he imitates the dangerous stunts of animal handlers and strength artists. And why didn't you ever think that the approval that you can get in this way is only the occasional approval of a bored crowd with children? (...) A single gesture of humility is a greater feat than any greedy production that people applaud. Think about it before it's too late.