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Is there any vanity greater than the vanity of those who believe themselves without it?
— Carolyn Heilbrun
Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been.
— William E. Woodward
Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.
— Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
Mirror Mirror on the Wall,Who's fairest of them all?
I'm Mona Lisa and She is plain,
But the truth is - we all are Vain. — Saru Singhal
The passion of vanity has its own depths in the spirit, and is powerfully militant.
— Elizabeth Bowen
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.
— Charlotte Lennox
I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you.
— Steve Coogan
The expression of vanity and self-love becomes less offensive, when it retains something of simplicity and frankness.
— Alexander Von Humboldt
The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.
— Nicolas Chamfort
She seemed to be lovely still to herself, as if no amount of looking into mirrors could ruin her illusion.
— Elizabeth Taylor
Trends are about as fickle as the direction of the wind; as are the legacies of those who flow with them.
— Criss Jami
It was then, for the first time, that she understood above all her virtues what was in command was the vanity of a metaphysical woman.
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
None of us are so much praised or censured as we think.
— Charles Caleb Colton
Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.
— Garrison Keillor
Cast out pride and vanity; have no thought of trying to rule over others or of outdoing them.
— Wallace D. Wattles
Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity.
— Mignon McLaughlin
In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity
— Robert Browning
If you reflect on death, you find the vanity of life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Be good, be young, be true! Evil is nothing but vanity, let us have the pride of good, and above all let us never despair.
— Alexandre Dumas-fils
The charm of fame is so great, that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
— Blaise Pascal
The black snake of wounded vanity had been gnawing at his heart all night.
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Any fear of aging, I think, is simply vanity.
— Leighton Meester
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.
— Maria Mitchell
Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence.
— Geraldine Brooks
A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. — Jane Austen
Like all vain men, he had moments of unreasonable confidence.
— Warren Eyster
Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
The stupidest people suddenly become a little cleverer when we learn that they think well of us
— Jude Morgan
I enjoy vanity . But I can't stick to any of that lifestyle for too long because, when its true colors come out, it's empty and cold and soulless.
— Michelle Rodriguez
Gold is the gift of vanity and common pride, but flowers are the gift of love and friendship.
— Franz Grillparzer
It is night,And it is vanity, and age
Blackens the heart of Adam. Fear,
The yellow chirper, beaks its cage. — Robert Lowell
His vanity required constant stimulation, and constant proof that the ongoing creation of his selfhood was a project that he himself controlled.
— Eleanor Catton
There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all.
— William, Saroyan
Madness designates the equinox between the vanity of night's hallucinations and the non-being of light's judgments.
— Michel Foucault
Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.
— Walter Raleigh
Hair brings one's self-image into focus; it is vanity's proving ground. Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices
— Shana Alexander
No man voluntarily expresses his opinion without some intent to make a difference, and even if he does, he shouldn't.
— Criss Jami
Let us think often that our only business in this life is to please God. Perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity.
— Brother Lawrence
The courage of a great many men, and the virtue of a great many women, are the effect of vanity, shame, and especially a suitabletemperament.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
A fundamental condition of Being is slavery. Man is the slave of God, and God that of His vanity.
— Kedar Joshi
A woman's vanity is interested in making the object of her choice the god of her idolatry.
— William Hazlitt
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
— Baron De Montesquieu
While you are still beautiful and life still woos, it is such a fine gesture of disdainful pride to jilt it.
— Eugene O'Neill
The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.
— William Hazlitt
Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.
— Luc De Clapiers
We are used to determining the time of our projects and events ourselves, and this is the reason why our life is full of chaos and vanity.
— Sunday Adelaja
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
— George Santayana
Oh, the cares of men! how much emptiness there is in human concerns!
— Aulus Persius Flaccus
Most systems end up by making imagined humility into a form of vanity, so they end up with vanity just the same.
— Idries Shah
Vanity is a motive of immense potency.
— Bertrand Russell
Chess is a matter of vanity.
— Alexander Alekhine
![Vanity Of Vanity Quotes By Blaise Pascal: [On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/vanity-of-vanity-quotes-by-blaise-pascal-500161.jpg "Vanity Of Vanity Quotes By Blaise Pascal: [On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it")
[On vanity:] The nose of Cleopatra: if it had been shorter, the face of the earth would have changed.
— Blaise Pascal
Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves;
— Benjamin Franklin
The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.
— Alexander Pope
I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.
— Denis Diderot
That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.
— Theodore Parker
The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us.
— Norm MacDonald
Beware of that demon called 'Changing The World'.
— Marty Rubin
There will always be those little minds who, out of vanity or intellectual display, will attempt to destroy faith in the very foundations of life.
— Ezra Taft Benson
It is difficult to divest one's self of vanity; because impossible to divest one's self of self-love.
— Horace Walpole
Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth.
— Nouman Ali Khan
Our vanity would have just that which we do best count as that which is hardest for us. The origin of many a morality.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
A dead man's vanity: his ashes full of life that cannot be deceased before a living being's pride.
— Munia Khan
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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[He] didn't like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand to take his photograph.
— David Nicholls
Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.
— Charles Caleb Colton
In art vanity is equally fatal to sympathetic feeling, whether on the part of the artist or the public.
— Okakura Kakuzo
Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard.
— William Hazlitt
Vanity remains a feeble weaponThe delusional wearer of it considers herself strong — Sreesha Divakaran
My dogs.Bill Blass, after being asked "Who or what is the greatest love of your life?" by Vanity Fair magazine — Bill Blass
The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
— Baron De Montesquieu
Social Media is a shared delusion of grandeur.
— Michael P. Naughton
Her life was a tissue of vanity and deceit.
— Virginia Woolf
secrecy is a hotbed of vanity
— Joseph Brodsky
Generosity is the vanity of giving.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
