A woman's vanity is interested in making the object of her choice the god of her idolatry. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“My life has been of but little worth mostly fild [sic] up with vanity.” — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
We shouldn't be too hard on vanity. It can be a mark of respect for the world. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Marriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotism are extracted without an anaesthetic. — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“It is well known that women outlive men; could it merely be superior vanity that keeps them going?” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Beauty is a great gift of heaven; not for the purpose of female vanity, but a great gift for one who loves,… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
Indulging the consciousness of being good is the way to lose that goodness; being vain of one's ability is the way to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows That for oblivion take their daily birth From all the fuming vanities of earth. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Vanity calculates but poorly on the vanity of others; what a virtue we should distil from frailty, what a world of pain… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
False modesty is the masterpiece of vanity: showing the vain man in such an illusory light that he appears in the reputation… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
This man will not be able to understand why the sun still has the power to shine, eve if everything is vanity,… — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
The only sure way of avoiding these evils [vanity and boasting] is never to speak of yourself at all. But when, historically,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I've been on sets where the turnaround is so fast and the budget so small that the actors have been asked to… — Anna Friel Copy Share Image
I think a lot of female actors have a real fear of not looking their best. They learn to prize their vanity… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
“. . . the only way to tell off an asshole was face-to-face and to look fantastic doing it. So, here she… — Roberta Pearce Copy Share Image
Every man is of importance to himself, and, therefore, in his own opinion, to others; and, supposing the world already acquainted with… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“In an earlier age, it might have been possible to believe that goodness would prevail over pride, but not anymore. The proud… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“I wanted it all to be wonderful for you.’ She waited for him to find his own answer to this, which he… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image