Ease Quote by George Eliot

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 apt to inspire contempt, but that becomes immediately tempered by a gentler and more gracious feeling; for the vain man desires to…

— Arthur Alfred Lynch

Vanity, not love, has been my folly.

— Jane Austen

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

Vanity is a natural object of temptation to a woman.

— Jonathan Swift

Healthy vanity sweeps through life. Sickly vanity lies in bed.

— Mason Cooley

What is vanity but the longing to survive?

— Miguel de Unamuno

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

— Walter J. Phillips

Vanity is so constantly solicitous of self, that even where its own claims are not interested, it indirectly seeks the aliment which it loves,…

— William Gilmore Simms

hurt vanity is one of the cruelest of mortal wounds.

— Phyllis Bottome

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 becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet.

— Margaret Atwood