Quotes about vanity
vanity use care
Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities. Charles Simmons
vanity variation lord
The Lord who cannot endure vain repetitions is equally weary of vain variations. Charles Spurgeon
vanity sin favourite
Vanity is my favourite sin. Al Pacino
vanity sin my-favorite
Vanity: my favorite sin.
vanity want slave
I am simply not such a slave to my vanity, and I don't want to be, because as you get older you really have to start accepting the inevitable. Cherie Lunghi
vanity giving generosity
What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give. Charlotte Lennox
vanity glasses mouths
There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass. William Shakespeare
vanity wish desire
There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified; and that is prudence. Bernard of Clairvaux
vanity vain solitary
The vain being is the really solitary being. Berthold Auerbach
vanity
I have a lot of vanity. Jack Nicholson
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 political killers
The unforgivable political sin is vanity; the killer diet is sour grapes. Neil Kinnock
vanity envy coins
Envy is the reverse side of a coin called vanity - Nobody is ever envious of others who is not first proud of himself. John Stott
vanity rags
Through your rags I see your vanity. Socrates
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 stupidity selfishness
The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity. Eric Hoffer
vanity wealth virtue
Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity.And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues? Lisa Kleypas
vanity quality purpose
When a thing is bought not for its use but for its costliness, cheapness is no recommendation. As Sismondi remarks, the consequence of cheapening articles of vanity, is not that less is expended on such things, but that the buyers substitute for the cheapened article some other which is more costly, or a more elaborate quality of the same thing; and as the inferior quality answered the purpose of vanity equally well when it was equally expensive, a tax on the article is really paid by nobody: it is a creation of public revenue by which nobody loses. John Stuart Mill
vanity hair gray
Gray hairs are death's blossoms. Friedrich Schiller
vanity water fifty
Euler calculated the force of the wheels necessary to raise the water in a reservoir ... My mill was carried out geometrically and could not raise a drop of water fifty yards from the reservoir. Vanity of vanities! Vanity of geometry! Frederick the Great
vanity literature
There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity. Nigella Lawson
vanity littles sells
The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little. Nicolas Chamfort
vanity tongue egotism
Egotism is the tongue of vanity.
vanity goal people
At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin. Nick Vujicic
vanity selfishness lovable
Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden. Myrtle Reed
vanity people details
It is personal vanity of the most flagrant type which intrudes itself, unasked, into other people's affairs. There are few of us who do not feel capable of ordering the daily lives of others, down to the most minute detail.
vanity earth way
Vanity is a vital aid to nature: completely and absolutely necessary to life. It is one of nature's ways to bind you to the earth. Elizabeth Smart
vanity guy looks
Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that. Philip Seymour Hoffman
vanity lovely married
My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely. Matthew Macfadyen
vanity self self-justification
There is as much vanity in self-scourgings as in self-justification. Storm Jameson