Our Vanity Quotes

27 quotes by 21 authors

When we come to judge others it is not by ourselves as we really are that we judge them, but by an image that we… — W. Somerset Maugham
Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Without "The Law of Moses" would we all be wandering around like little gods, stealing, raping, and spilling blood whenever our vanity was offended? — Dan Barker
Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity. — Sophie Swetchine
The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders. — Eric Hoffer
We are so presumptuous that we should like to be known all over the world, even by people who will only come when we are… — Blaise Pascal
The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on… — Baron de Montesquieu
The pain others give passes away in their later kindness, but that of our own blunders, especially when they hurt our vanity, never passes away — William Butler Yeats
We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to… — Thomas F. Wilson
You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you just don't do… — Stone Gossard
We hide in relationships. We hide in material possessions. We hide in ambitions, secret desires, hates, frustrations, jealousy, self-ptiy, in our insecurity - and more… — Frederick Lenz
Our vanity would have just that which we do best count as that which is hardest for us. The origin of many a morality. — Friedrich Nietzsche
For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the… — E. M. Forster
Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
we look up and we hope the stars look down, we pray that there may be stars for us to follow, stars moving across the… — Salman Rushdie
Is that the basis of friendship? Is it as reactive as that? Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?... Do… — Wallace Stegner
We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest. — Eric Hoffer
Courage consists, however, in agreeing to flee rather than live tranquilly and hypocritically in false refuges. Values, morals, homelands, religions, and these private certitudes that… — Gilles Deleuze

Who Wrote These Our Vanity Quotes

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