Vanity Quotes

840 quotes by 536 authors

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it… — Dylan Thomas
Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like… — Leon Trotsky
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. — Mark Twain
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with… — Miguel de Unamuno
I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity. — Diana Vreeland
The symptoms of fascist thinking are colored by environment and adapted to immediate circumstances. But always and everywhere they can be identified by their appeal… — Henry A. Wallace
Most times with vanity projects, publishers don't believe in the work; they just believe in the name. — Gerard Way
Music is made one of Satan's most attractive agencies to ensnare souls; but, when turned to a good account, it is a blessing. When abused,… — Ellen G. White
Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows… — Tennessee Williams
It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow:… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
The surest cure for vanity is loneliness. — Tom Wolfe
I went to Cal Arts and AFI, and I worked on 'Bonfire Of The Vanities.' I got this grant from the Academy to be Brian… — Douglas Rushkoff
He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification. He who seeks gratification… — Moshe Safdie
Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet. — Margaret Atwood
Her life was a tissue of vanity and deceit. — Virginia Woolf
It's not vanity to know your own good points. It would just be stupidity if you didn't; It's only vanity when you get puffed up… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
All is vanity, nothing is fair. — William Makepeace Thackeray
in reference to Persepolis and all palaces, cities and temples of the past: could these wonders have come into being without that suffering? without the… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.' I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most… — George Eliot
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth. — Albert Einstein

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