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title: "8 Men Vain Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/the-laws-keep-up-their-credit-not-by-being-just-but-because-they-are/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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> [“There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-are-i-suppose-some-men-as-vain-as-selfish-and-as-heartless-as/)

[Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/anne-bronte-1444_selfish_there-are-i-suppose-some-men-as-vain-as_46744.jpg)

> [I'm before him on my knees, and he kisses me He assumes I lose my reason and I do. Men are stupid,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-sondheim/i-m-before-him-on-my-knees-and-he-kisses-me-he-assumes-i-lose-my/)

[Stephen Sondheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-sondheim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/401/stephen-sondheim-1556_assuming_i-m-before-him-on-my-knees-and-he-kisses_546154.jpg)

> [Men are vain; but they won't mind women working so long as they get smaller wages for the same job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvin-s-cobb/men-are-vain-but-they-won-t-mind-women-working-so-long-as-they-get/)

[Irvin S. Cobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvin-s-cobb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/irvin-s-cobb-22162_feminism_men-are-vain-but-they-won-t-mind-women-w_1453841.png)

> [Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/now-a-is-done-that-men-can-do-and-a-is-done-in-vain/)

[Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/)

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> [Laws are often made by fools, and even more often by men who fail in equity because they hate equality: but always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/laws-are-often-made-by-fools-and-even-more-often-by-men-who-fail-in/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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> [“Like other self-educated men, he was vain of his vocabulary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-macdonald/like-other-self-educated-men-he-was-vain-of-his-vocabulary/)

[Ross Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-macdonald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/ross-macdonald-10904_language_like-other-self-educated-men-he-was-vain_2274601.jpg)

> [Most Hollywood men are too vain and shallow for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alley-mills/most-hollywood-men-are-too-vain-and-shallow-for-me/)

[Alley Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alley-mills/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/alley-mills-70934_hollywood_most-hollywood-men-are-too-vain-and-shal_2716017.jpg)

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