Dependence Quote by Dennis Lehane

Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with, and…

— Joseph Addison

Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

— Jane Austen

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.

— Taylor Swift

Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with…

— Jacques Barzun

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

What's so wrong with vanity? It's different from narcissism, you know? It's not about admiring yourself-it's about taking pride in your appearance.

— Tom Ford

It is the utterly destructive quality. When you say vanity, you are thinking of the kind that admires itself in mirrors and buys things…

— Josephine Tey

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

— Richard Steele

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

Guard against that vanity which courts a compliment, or is fed by it.

— Thomas Chalmers

What renders other people's vanity insufferable is that it wounds our own.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld