Beyond Quote by James Stephens

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.

— Jane Austen

That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

— Sophie Swetchine

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

... overconfidence in one's own ability is the root of much evil. Vanity, egoism, is the deadliest of all characteristics. This vanity, combined with…

— Alice Foote MacDougall

“The vanity of the contents” of individual experience is scrutable as an inessential trapping drawn into a matter by vested interests “…since it is…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others.

— William Shakespeare

It's always our touches of vanity that manage to betray us.

— Christopher Fry

There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little.

— Hannah More

Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of their interest…

— Jeremy Collier

For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

— Publilius Syrus

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