This is why , despite the best efforts of the administration to set alight again the bonfire of credit vanities , there will be a return to thrift , driven as much by weak credit demand as impaired supply of it .
In spite of her small vanities , margaret had a sweet andpious nature , which unconsciously influenced her sisters , especially jo , who loved her very tenderly , and obeyed herbecause her advice was so gently given .
Think of the so-called bonfire of the vanities in 1497 , when girolamo savonarola and his band of religious followers roundly collected and set fire to mounds of " pagan " literature .