Vanity is a desire of personal glory, the wish to be appreciated, honoured, and run after, not because of one's personal qualities,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Pride works _from within_; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
It is vanity to desire a long life and to take no heed of a good life. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
