Quotes about vanity
vanity laughing cry
My vanity is not dead. I laugh when I see pictures of myself as I am now-maybe so I won't cry, but just because it is really funny how much I've changed. Michael Zaslow
vanity thrones sitting
It is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still with our legs that we must walk. And on the highest throne in the world we are still sitting on our own ass. Michel de Montaigne
vanity giving advice
He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person. Mark Twain
vanity spiteful hungry
Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful. Mason Cooley
vanity sin my-favorite
Vanity is definitely my favorite sin. John Milton
vanity advice opinion
The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us. Norm MacDonald
vanity preserves
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. Miguel de Cervantes
vanity handsome imagine
For let us women be never so ill-favored, I imagine that we are always delighted to hear ourselves called handsome.
vanity thee preserves
A knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.
vanity political killers
The unforgivable political sin is vanity; the killer diet is sour grapes. Neil Kinnock
vanity giving liberality
That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving. Theodore Parker
vanity wish would-be
If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to. Theodore Bikel
vanity race hands
The only way not to worry about the race problem is to be doing something about it yourself. When you are, natural human vanity makes you feel that now the thing is in good hands. Margaret Halsey
vanity quests glory
I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power. Michele Bachmann
vanity sin vain
Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner. Oscar Wilde
vanity rags
Through your rags I see your vanity. Socrates
vanity giving use
What you do is take the power [popularity] gives you - which is very temporary and minor but significant - and use it. The danger is that you use it on a vanity project that no one wants to watch. Danny Boyle
vanity
I have a lot of vanity. Jack Nicholson
vanity honest shame
One is honest about oneself either with a sense of shame or with vanity. Friedrich Nietzsche
vanity morality hardest
Our vanity would have just that which we do best count as that which is hardest for us. The origin of many a morality.
vanity literature complacency
Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency. Franz Kafka
vanity contentment looks
When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment. Hannah More
vanity faults littles
There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little.
vanity people speech
Speech writers are more vulnerable to vanity than any other group of people in Washington. David Frum
vanity desire should
Our vanity desires that what we do best should be considered what is hardest for us.
vanity giants vulnerable
The most vulnerable and yet most unconquerable of things is human vanity; nay, through being wounded its strength increases and can grow to giant proportions.
vanity opponents free-will
The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent, human vanity.
vanity reputation fame
The highest form of vanity is love of fame. George Santayana
vanity support forgiving
We crave support in vanity, as we do in religion, and never forgive contradictions in that sphere.
vanity important lines
Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred. Jason Patric
vanity noses conceit
Our vanities differ as our noses do: all conceit is not the same conceit, but varies in correspondence with the minutiae of mental make in which one of us differs from another. George Eliot
vanity handsome next
It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman. Joseph Joubert
vanity heaven earth
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