Action Quote by Denis Diderot

Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.

— Walter J. Phillips

And not a vanity is given in vain.

— Alexander Pope

What makes vanity so insufferable to us, is that it hurts our own.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Vanity is a desire of personal glory, the wish to be appreciated, honoured, and run after, not because of one's personal qualities, merits, and…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Vanity is easily forgiven, for we are all vain, and even as we laugh at the weakness of others we feel that their vanity…

— Arthur Lynch

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Vanity is so closely allied to virtue, and to love the fame of laudable actions approaches so near the love of laudable actions for…

— David Hume

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

— Bertrand Russell

It is our own vanity that makes the vanity of others intolerable to us

— François De La Rochefoucauld

For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own

— François De La Rochefoucauld

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

— Richard Steele