Vanity Quotes
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Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.
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What is the vanity of the vainest man compared with the vanity which the most modest possesses when, in the midst of nature and the world, he feels himself to be man!
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Right now I'm the greatest. I don't say this through vanity. It's just that the rest are so bad.
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Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers. Even philosophers wish for them. Those who write against vanity want to have the glory of having written well; and those who read it desire the glory of having read it. I who write this have perhaps this desire, and perhaps those who will read it.
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It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.
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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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All is vanity, look you; and so the preacher is vanity too.
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Is not wounded vanity the mother of all tragedies?
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Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this.
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The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.
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All politicians have vanity. Some wear it more gently than others.
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Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.
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Vanity metrics are the numbers you want to publish on TechCrunch to make your competitors feel bad.
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There is no arena in which vanity displays itself under such a variety of forms as in conversation.
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You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you just don't do anything all winter long. So that's another motivating factor, our vanity.
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The human heart has so many crannies where vanity hides, so many holes where falsehood works, is so decked out with deceiving hypocrisy, that it often dupes itself.
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Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut. The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error. The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.
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Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man, without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the memory of Botswain, a dog.
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If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself -- ugly as they may seem to his sentimental vanity -- before he can learn the truth behind the facts. And the truth is never ugly.
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The French courage proceeds from vanity...
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The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.
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But I feel vanity is a part of art and the non-vain are really non-artistic.
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Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.
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Our vanity would have just that which we do best count as that which is hardest for us. The origin of many a morality.
