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Vanity Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with…
- Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.
- Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone... Each by itself has profound…
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- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- 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