Vanity Quotes
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Is not wounded vanity the mother of all tragedies?
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She had been dragged in the most humiliating of all dusts, the dust reserved for older women who let themselves be approached, on amorous lines, by boys... It had all been pure vanity, all just a wish, in these waning days of hers, still to feel power, still to have the assurance of her beauty and its effects.
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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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It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.
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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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The near touch of death may be a release into life; if only it will break the egoistic will, and release that other flow.
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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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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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Vanity is both a great motivator and a great deceiver.
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Nothing seduces vanity like the word "help".
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All is vanity, look you; and so the preacher is vanity too.
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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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Vanity metrics are the numbers you want to publish on TechCrunch to make your competitors feel bad.
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Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.
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The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.
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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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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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The French courage proceeds from vanity...
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I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others. But, God knows best, I concluded. There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them.
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Her life was a tissue of vanity and deceit.
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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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But I feel vanity is a part of art and the non-vain are really non-artistic.
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When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.
