Breaths Quote by King James I

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

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it,…

— Benjamin Franklin

“And, lastly (I may as well confess it, since my denial of it will be believed by nobody), perhaps I shall a good deal…

— Benjamin Franklin

Human vanity is so constituted that it stiffens before difficulties. The more an object conceals itself from our eyes, the greater the effort we…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

All is vanity but to love God and serve Him.

— Thomas a Kempis

“All that on earth hath life and breath To earth must fall before his spear, And sorrow, saved alone from death, Inscribes above the…

— August Strindberg

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

— Bertrand Russell

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

“He hated his vanity, but it was a characteristic and nearly altogether unavoidable trait of the attractive. Perhaps it was self-preservation—simply his body urging…

— Molly Collier

“Have you not reason then to be ashamed and to forbear this filthy novelty, so basely grounded, so foolishly received and so grossly mistaken…

— Anonymous

As smoking is to the lungs, so is resentment to the soul; even one puff is bad for you.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“You'll forgive the flowery talk, won't you? Our family does so love to be told they are beautiful. Vanity is an old and venerable…

— Catherynne M. Valente