--- title: "7 Vain Selfish Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 7 Vain Selfish quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Vain Selfish sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/anne-bronte-1444_selfish_there-are-i-suppose-some-men-as-vain-as_46744.jpg" --- > [“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) > [“Being pretty-minded is simply the natural state for most people. They want to be vapid and lazy and vain . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-westerfeld/being-pretty-minded-is-simply-the-natural-state-for-most-people-they/) [Scott Westerfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-westerfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d68/scott-westerfeld-928_minded_being-pretty-minded-is-simply-the-natura_2155429.png) > [I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-was-sorry-for-her-i-was-amazed-disgusted-at-her-heartless-vanity-i/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/anne-bronte-1444_amazed_i-was-sorry-for-her-i-was-amazed-disgust_2249469.jpg) > [All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/all-writers-are-vain-selfish-and-lazy-and-at-the-very-bottom-of-their-2/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/george-orwell-57_bottom_all-writers-are-vain-selfish-and-lazy-an_2289714.jpg) > [“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/all-writers-are-vain-selfish-and-lazy-and-at-the-very-bottom-of-their-3/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/george-orwell-57_writer_all-writers-are-vain-selfish-and-lazy-an_2990637.jpg) > [“Falling in love with yourself first doesn’t make you vain or selfish, it makes you indestructible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/infl4ted/falling-in-love-with-yourself-first-doesn-t-make-you-vain-or-selfish/) [Infl4ted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/infl4ted/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/infl4ted-243740_falling_falling-in-love-with-yourself-first-does_3140170.jpg) > [“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery. Writing a book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/all-writers-are-vain-selfish-and-lazy-and-at-the-very-bottom-of-their-4/) [George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/george-orwell-57_books_all-writers-are-vain-selfish-and-lazy-an_3152219.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/vain-selfish/#itemlist", "name": "Vain Selfish Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Brontë" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-are-i-suppose-some-men-as-vain-as-selfish-and-as-heartless-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/anne-bronte-1444_selfish_there-are-i-suppose-some-men-as-vain-as_46744.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/anne-bronte-1444_selfish_there-are-i-suppose-some-men-as-vain-as_46744.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/anne-bronte-1444_selfish_there-are-i-suppose-some-men-as-vain-as_46744.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may…” — Anne Brontë", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Being pretty-minded is simply the natural state for most people. 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