Figures Quote by Jonathan Swift

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

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

— Richard Steele

If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

— Bertrand Russell

Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.

— Josh Billings

Vanity is the most despotic and iniquitous of masters, and I can never be the slave of my own vices.

— George Sand

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without very accurate…

— Samuel Johnson

Vanity is a weakness. I know this. It's a shallow dependence on the exterior self, on how one looks instead of what one is.…

— Dennis Lehane

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

Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company

— François De La Rochefoucauld

Vanity is easily duped. Ambition, not.

— Mason Cooley