Etc Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“Indeed, I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," &c., but some vain thing immediately followed.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, "I may say without vanity," but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has…

— Benjamin Franklin

Vain is equivalent to empty; thus vanity is so miserable a thing, that one cannot give it a worse name than its own. It…

— Nicolas Chamfort

There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.

— Michel de Montaigne

“Vanity is an expressionless stylistic device.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“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

“You'll forgive the flowery talk, won't you? Our family does so love to be told they are beautiful. Vanity is an old and venerable…

— Catherynne M. Valente

But I feel vanity is a part of art and the non-vain are really non-artistic.

— Barry Webster

“When not prompted by vanity, we say little.”

— La Rochefoucauld

“Vanity is so firmly anchored in man's heart that a soldier, a camp follower, a cook or a porter will boast and expect admirers,…

— Blaise Pascal

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

And not a vanity is given in vain.

— Alexander Pope