Integrity Quote by Luc de Clapiers

All men are selfish, but the vain man is in love with himself. He admires, like the lover his adored one, everything which to…

— Berthold Auerbach

A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never…

— William Penn

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at…

— Anonymous

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

— Abu Bakr

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

— Max Beerbohm

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

— Thomas a Kempis

He who takes his fill of every pleasure ... becomes depraved; while he who avoids all pleasures alike ... becomes insensible.

— Aristotle

He who is vain and delights in his own ability is deceived by his inferiors. When he likes to bring forth arguments and kindliness,…

— Han Fei

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

— Jean de la Bruyere

That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so pursues pleasure…

— Benjamin Franklin

Only the man who extols the purity of love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love.

— Ayn Rand

For one thing is needful: that a human being should attain satisfaction with himself, whether it be by means of this or that poetry…

— Friedrich Nietzsche