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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?
Our civilization survives in the complacency of cowardly or malignant minds -- a sacrifice to the vanity of aging adolescents
Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge.
In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an itch for the praise of fools - that's vanity
Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.
Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, and there is nothing new under the sun, as Solomon said more than three thousand years ago.
There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it.
The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.
Agreeable then to my present inclination, I formed the object of my own worship, which was no other than my own understanding.
There is much money given to be laughed at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A.'s fine horse, and B.'s fine house.
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.
Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely destroys it.
There's no such thing as intelligent vanity. It's an instinct. And you'll never find a man who is not first and foremost vain.
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.
The preaching of divines helps to preserve well-inclined men in the course of virtue, but seldom or ever reclaims the vicious.
Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.
I'm not sure if guys are supposed to read Vanity Fair. I feel very metrosexual with it but am not sure it's in my comfort zone.
Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.
When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.
The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.
Whatever pretended causes we may blame our afflictions upon, it is often nothing but self-interest and vanity that produce them.
The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away.
Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.
When we live our lives not for vanity, but for the sake of God and the betterment of humanity, that's what gives us immortality.
You can't control how you are perceived, and you are a fool if you waste any energy trying to do so. Vanity will get you nowhere.
Of course, true love is exceptional - two or three times a century, more or less. The rest of the time there is vanity or boredom.
'Tis solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers; vanity can give, No hollow aid; alone - man with God must strive.
Those whom the world has delighted to honor have oftener been influenced in their doings by ambition and vanity than by patriotism.
For me the motley and the bauble, yea, Though all be vanity, as the Preacher saith, The mirth of love be mine for one brief breath!
It is always from the depths of its impotence that each power center draws its power, hence their extreme maliciousness, and vanity
Hair brings one’s self-image into focus; it is vanity’s proving ground. Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.
Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.
A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never so good or deserving.
Beauty is a great gift of heaven; not for the purpose of female vanity, but a great gift for one who loves, and wishes to be beloved.
Nobody sets out to make a bad film, but so many of those compromises are made and often they're made because of vanity, pride and ego.
I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.
Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly.
I do think about aging. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much.
The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.
Vanity is a relative of Pride; Vanity is talkative, pride is silent. When Vanity and Pride get together, they could make monstrosities.
My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies.
It's the ones who can't let go - of fear or anger, lust or greed, vanity or pride or power - who are most at risk of becoming corrupted.
There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little.
The vainest woman is never thoroughly conscious of her beauty till she is loved by the man who sets her own passion vibrating in return.