Carolina QuotesThe surest cure for vanity is loneliness.
Thomas Wolfe Carolinian
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- The Anatomy of Loneliness (1941)
- year
- 1941
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“The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.” Thomas Wolfe. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-2796ABF11F. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/2796abf11f
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