Contempt Quote by Arthur Alfred Lynch

Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with, and…

— Joseph Addison

Vanity is so closely allied to virtue, and to love the fame of laudable actions approaches so near the love of laudable actions for…

— David Hume

Vanity is a desire of personal glory, the wish to be appreciated, honoured, and run after, not because of one's personal qualities, merits, and…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Vanity is easily forgiven, for we are all vain, and even as we laugh at the weakness of others we feel that their vanity…

— Arthur Lynch

Men do not take to vanity, because they are taught at an early age that it is wrong to be vain.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

Vanity is so constantly solicitous of self, that even where its own claims are not interested, it indirectly seeks the aliment which it loves,…

— William Gilmore Simms

For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Vanity is a natural object of temptation to a woman.

— Jonathan Swift

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

— Bertrand Russell

“And, lastly (I may as well confess it, since my denial of it will be believed by nobody), perhaps I shall a good deal…

— Benjamin Franklin

Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others.

— William Shakespeare

Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with…

— Jacques Barzun