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Vanity Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- Pride works _from within_; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.
- Pride is an established conviction of one’s own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in…
- The vanity of existence is revealed in the whole form existence assumes: in the infiniteness of time and space contrasted with the finiteness of the…
- For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be satisfied…
- Pride is an established conviction of one's own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in…
More Vanity Quotes
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- Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief. — Jane Austen
- I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power. — Michele Bachmann
- The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity… — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it.… — Van Wyck Brooks
- Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. — Jean de la Bruyere
- The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. — Samuel Butler
- The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity. — Thomas Carlyle
- I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round. — Muhammad Ali
- The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego… — Graydon Carter
- Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. — Julian Casablancas
- The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. — Miguel de Cervantes