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

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Elizabeth Bennet says it to her sister in one of the early drawing room scenes, correcting a distinction that the reader later has reason to reconsider. Austen's point is that the proud person may have a standard of self-respect that does not depend on admiration.

Source: Pride and Prejudice

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