noun: the trait of being vain and conceited
noun: feelings of excessive pride
Don Quixote
"People become slaves to luxury and vanity, running after riches as if they could find happiness there.
But they do not notice that the more they possess, the more they fear losing it, and that in this anguish true happiness escapes them.
For joy lies neither in gold nor in opulence, but in the breeze of the wind, in the sincere laughter of a friend, in bread shared with gratitude.
He is a fool who seeks outside what only the soul can discover!
The simple life is the greatest of treasures, and he who understands it is the happiest of men." [Don Quixote]
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