One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)

One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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