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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 rome despair
Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair. Louisa May Alcott
vanity curiosity unhappy
Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to truth. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
vanity envy feelings
Ill-humor is nothing more than an inward feeling of our own want of merit, a dissatisfaction with ourselves which is always united with an envy that foolish vanity excites. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
vanity curiosity motive
I am a journalist and have no earthly motives except curiosity and personal vanity. Gilbert K. Chesterton
vanity despair doctrine
The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope. John Lancaster Spalding
vanity wish desire
There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified; and that is prudence. Bernard of Clairvaux
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. William Shakespeare