Vanity Quotes

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Vanity and narcissism â€” the compulsive need to be admired and praised â€” undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction rather… — Rollo May
Falsehoods of convenience or vanity, falsehoods from which no evil immediately visible ensues, except the general degradation of human testimony, are very lightly uttered, and… — Samuel Johnson
O vanity, mislead no more! — Louisa May Alcott
Some have lavish garments, carry sharp swords, and feast on food and drink. They possess more than they can spend. This is called the vanity… — Laozi
I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity. — Lord Mountbatten
Vanity is as old as the mammoth. — W L George
I manage because I have to. Because I've no other way out. Because I've overcome the vanity and pride of being different, I've understood that… — Andrzej Sapkowski
I think it is every woman's duty to make herself as attractive as her time and means permit. After all, there you are, in your… — Ilka Chase
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love,… — Dawn Powell
The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases. — John Mason Brown
I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally… — Lord Chesterfield
All religions, all this singing, one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity. The sunâ€™s light looks a little different on this wall than… — Rumi
When we see the bankruptcy, slavery, and vanity of everything else, we can finally say, â€˜To die is gain.â€™ — Matt Chandler
There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of disputes about it.… — Lew Wallace
Be neat, Philothea; let nothing be negligent about you. It is a kind of contempt of those with whom we converse, to frequent their company… — Saint Francis de Sales
To all those whose progress remains hampered by ego-related distractions, let humility - the spiritual cornerstone upon which Karate rests - serve to remind one… — Matsumura Sokon
Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly. — P T Barnum
HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have… — Randy Shilts
Hair brings oneâ€™s self-image into focus; it is vanityâ€™s proving ground.Â Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices — Shana Alexander
The leap is made by dropping vanity over knowledge and by a willingness to become nothing in order to become everything. — Vernon Howard

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