Quotes about van
vanity vain solitary
The vain being is the really solitary being. Berthold Auerbach
vanity phrases may
Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, "I may say without vanity," but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed. Benjamin Franklin
vanity people matter
For it is a matter of daily observation that people take the greatest pleasure in that which satisfies their vanity; and vanity cannot be satisfied without comparison with others. Arthur Schopenhauer
vanity political berlin
Irresponsibility, cowardice, personal vanity, whining and chaos are becoming the maxims of political action. There is a stink in Berlin - a huge one! Edmund Stoiber
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 affection share
those Women who boast the Affections of their Admirers, have a greater share of Vanity than Love ... Eliza Haywood
vanity may speech
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.
vanity honor decency
Honor is decency without vanity. Arthur Koestler
vanishing generations opinion
Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing. Benjamin Disraeli
vanity deer donkey
Until the Donkey tried to clear The Fence, he thought himself a Deer. Arthur Guiterman
vanity admiration accounts
It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live than to be loved by them; and this not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love. Arthur Helps
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I can pretty much say that because of Bruce Lee and Jean-Claude Van Damme, that's why I do what I do today. Scott Adkins
vanity matter chess
Chess is a matter of vanity. Alexander Alekhine
vanity care individual
Our vanity makes us exaggerate the importance of human life; the individual is nothing; Nature cares only for the species. Aldous Huxley
vanity hands america
Today, America poses a threat to peace and security in the world. Therefore, the slogan "Death to America" is no longer used only by our people. Today, you see throughout the world people setting fire to the effigy of the American president and chanting the slogan "Death to America." This is because of the American regime's exaggerated demands, its arrogance, its vanity, and its desire to control, and because it is a pawn in the hands of the Zionists. Ali Khamenei
vanity insightful improvement
Vanity prevents improvement
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Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me. Andrew Jackson
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 office fool
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. Aesop
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.
vanity people solitude
Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity. Abraham Cowley
vanity people deception
Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask? Abraham Joshua Heschel
vanity mortification dies
Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification. Alice Thomas Ellis
vanity desire attention
The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
vanity vain given
And not a vanity is given in vain. Alexander Pope
vanity knows ifs
If you know you're worth nothing, only a gamble with death can gratify your vanity. Don DeLillo
vanity upset ordinary
Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity. Dylan Thomas
vanity cowardice source
That was the source of my vanity and my cowardice: always I believed everyone was watching me. Andre Dubus
vanity mirrors looks
So when I look in the mirror I'm driven by both vanity and fear. Andy Whitfield
vanity done vexation
No; for instead of delivering myself up to the full enjoyment of the as others do, I am always troubling my head about how I could produce the same effect upon canvas; and as that can never be done, it is mere vanity and vexation of spirit. Anne Bronte
vanity looks television
If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television. It doesn't do you any favours in terms of showing you what you look like and what your emotions are. Clive Anderson