Admiration Quote by Francis Bacon

Vain-glorious man, when fluttering wind does blow In his light wing's, is lifted up to sky; The scorn of-knighthood and true chivalry. To think,…

— Edmund Spenser

The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.

— William Hazlitt

“Man is the vainest of all creatures that have their being upon earth. As long as heaven vouchsafes him health and strength, he thinks…

— Homer

“How vain are all these Glories, all our Pains, Unless good Sense preserve what Beauty gains: That Men may say, when we the Front-box…

— Alexander Pope

No wonder, Sir, that he is vain; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be conceived. So many bellows have…

— Samuel Johnson

Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Virtue, vain word, futile shadow, slave of chance! Alas! I believe in thee!

— Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

“When in the chronicle of wasted time I see descriptions of the fairest wights, And beauty making beautiful old rhyme, In praise of ladies…

— William Shakespeare

Vain is equivalent to empty; thus vanity is so miserable a thing, that one cannot give it a worse name than its own. It…

— Nicolas Chamfort

Vain vision! when the changing world each day Sees some such lordly pleasance pass away; When the mere stripling knows my symbols all Worn…

— Ruth Pitter

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,…

— Bible

Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

— Abu Bakr