Vanity Quotes

840 quotes by 536 authors

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant,… — Samuel Johnson
Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
All you drunkards: Put down the intoxicating Vanity Metrics. — Mark Twain
I grew up in a makeup chair, to see! the women around me getting ready was so aspirational, It is about mothers and daughters, a… — Drew Barrymore
So I want to identify, if I can, the most important thing that we discover in life. At least, it is the most important thing… — Michael Kirby
An author, like any other so-called artist, is a man in whom the normal vanity of all men is so vastly exaggerated that he finds… — H. L. Mencken
You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about fiction writing; a… — David Foster Wallace
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Chess is a matter of vanity. — Alexander Alekhine
Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage. — Agnes Repplier
Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload… — Anatole France
Prayer reveals to souls the vanity of earthly goods and pleasures. It fills them with light, strength and consolation; and gives them a foretaste of… — Rose of Viterbo
If any one phrase could gather its (religion's) universal message, that phrase would be, - All is not vanity in this Universe, whatever the appearances… — William James
A man should fear when he enjoys only the good he does publicly. Is it not, publicity rather than charity, which he loves? Is it… — Henry Ward Beecher
The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study… — Nicolas Chamfort
We are all potentially such sick men. The sanest and best of us are of one clay with lunatics and prison-inmates. And whenever we feel… — William James
One cannot avoid a certain feeling of disgust, when one observes the actions of man displayed on the great stage of the world. Wisdom is… — Immanuel Kant
Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity. — Sophie Swetchine
Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
What makes vanity so insufferable to us, is that it hurts our own. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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