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vanity literature
There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity. Nigella Lawson
vanity larger-than-life problem
I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem. Bette Davis
vanity ifs who-you-are
If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody. Gregory Peck
vanity self looks
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. I know this well...Vanity and dishonesty may be vices, but they're also the first forms of protection I ever knew. Dennis Lehane
vanity giving idlers
Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile. Alexander Smith
vanity glasses shining
Shine out fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass. William Shakespeare
vanity air
They who prosper take on airs of vanity. Aeschylus
vanity progressive-taxation luxury
The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part of their little revenue is spent in getting it. The luxuries and vanities of life occasion the principal expense of the rich, and a magnificent house embellishes and sets off to the best advantage all the other luxuries and vanities which they possess ... It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion. Adam Smith
vanity secret direct
The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects.
noses achieve satori
If we achieve satori and the satori shows, like a bit of dogshit stuck to the top of our nose, that is not so good. Taisen Deshimaru
noses bears should
The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the ring slip, and you lose your hold, the brute will turn and rend you. Jane Porter
noses want faces
You don't want to bite your nose off to spite your face Paul Merson
conceited thinking want
Why no. I’m too conceited. If you want to call it that. I don’t make comparisons. I never think of myself in relation to anyone else. I just refuse to measure myself as part of anything. I’m an utter egotist. Ayn Rand
conceited body strongest
Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.