Vanity Quotes

840 quotes by 536 authors

Cultures render their icons in their own image. Which comes down to vanity, in some sense. — Joel Edgerton
Intellectually, now, I believe that it is a complete vanity to say positively there is no God. — John Rhys-Davies
Call it vanity, call it arrogant presumption, call it what you wish, but I would grope for the nearest open grave if I had no… — Bob Considine
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. — Yousuf Karsh
Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty. — Louis Kronenberger
The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly. — Matthew Hale
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite… — DeWitt Clinton
There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity. — Nigella Lawson
But, after all, we are a young nation, and vanity is a fault of youth. — Rebecca Harding Davis
My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under… — Adelbert von Chamisso
Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose… — Marguerite Gardiner
The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity. — Henri Bergson
They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all others are but vanity. — Robert Southey
In the vanity of self-consciousness one feels at a long remove above the ordinary love and trustfulness of a simple and pure heart. — Donald G. Mitchell
I primarily have had my career in comedy, and that is something that I have never been too concerned about because I know there is… — Chris Pratt
Women, and young men, are very apt to tell what secrets they know, from the vanity of having been trusted — Lord Chesterfield
Religion which is interested only in itself, in its prestige and success, in its institutions and ecclesiastical niceties, is worse than vanity; it is essentially… — S H Miller
How poor the human mind would be without vanity! It resembles a well stocked and ever renewed ware-emporium that attracts buyers of every class: they… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Do not cry, because we are destiny, because we are everything that can be above this world. And now, the angel of my life, please… — Sorin Cerin
Make love now, by night and by day, in winter and in summer... You are in the world for that and the rest of life… — Anatole France

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