Vanity Quotes

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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are! — William Makepeace Thackeray
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity. — John Bunyan
Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Tilling the fertile soil of man's vanity. — Ellen Glasgow
VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass. — Ambrose Bierce
The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please their want of… — Oscar Wilde
Whenever vanity and gaiety, a love of pomp and dress, furniture, equipage, buildings, great company, expensive diversions, and elegant entertainments get the better of the… — John Quincy Adams
Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity. — Edith Wharton
The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away. — Ramakrishna
Pride works _from within_; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I think I have fallen in love and I believe the woman in question, though she has not said so, returns my feelings. How can… — Sebastian Faulks
You think you can destroy the planet? What intoxicating vanity. . . . . We've been residents here for the blink of an eye. If… — Michael Crichton
Art's the biggest vanity: the assumption that one's view of peace or fright or beauty is permanently communicable. — Ned Rorem
I write all the time, but you just want to be careful what you put out. That's all. You want to have the confidence that… — Dylan Moran
Just as a warrior must anticipate his enemyâ€™s behavior and reactions and understand the dangers, and just as a hunter must know the behavior patterns… — Ori Hofmekler
What keeps faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary… — Garrison Keillor
Vanity is often the unseen spur. — William Makepeace Thackeray
I'll destroy you. I am the master of disaster. — Muhammad Ali
He who commends the nature of the soul as the supreme good, and condemns the nature of the flesh as evil, at once both carnally… — Saint Augustine

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