Fire Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

— Max Beerbohm

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

Every one at the bottom of his heart cherishes vanity; even the toad thinks himself good-looking,--"rather tawny perhaps, but look at his eye!

— Woodrow Wilson

What is the vanity of the vainest man compared with the vanity which the most modest possesses when, in the midst of nature and…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Many a man has risen to eminence under the powerful reaction of his mind in fierce counter-agency to the scorn of the unworthy, daily…

— Thomas de Quincey

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

A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.

— Luc de Clapiers

There's no such thing as intelligent vanity. It's an instinct. And you'll never find a man who is not first and foremost vain.

— Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Would a man ever be called vain for speaking his mind?

— Marianne Williamson

“Man is the vainest of all creatures that have their being upon earth. As long as heaven vouchsafes him health and strength, he thinks…

— Homer

The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.

— William Hazlitt