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Vanity Quotes by William Shakespeare
- It is not vain glory for a man and his glass to confer in his own chamber.
- Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus, expiring, do foretell of him: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires…
- There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.
- Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O any thing, of nothing first create! O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms,…
- Shine out fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass.
More Vanity Quotes
- 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