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Vanity Quotes

I manage because I have to. Because I’ve no other way out. Because I’ve overcome the vanity and pride of being different, I’ve understood that they are a pitiful defense against being different. Because I’ve understood that the sun shines differently when something changes. The sun shines differently, but it will continue to shine, and jumping at it with a hoe isn’t going to do anything Picture Quote #1

The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases Picture Quote #1

We don’t have to know, only to be: let go the jumble of worn words, reason and vanity Picture Quote #1

There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of disputes about it. A people risen, run their race, and die either of themselves or in the hands of another, who, succeeding to their power, take possession of their place, and upon their monuments write new names; such is history Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Egocentricity: The vanity that makes you wonder what people are thinking about you when they are really wondering what you are thinking about them Picture Quote #1

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Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hearing the master pieces which have been produced at different periods Picture Quote #1

Every sinew in my body came together in one perfect whole. But those who have ever experienced that feeling, and it doesn’t happen very often, will tell you it’s in a whole other place of experience from the usual ego or vanity that drives my game. So I’m not afraid to own it for what it was Picture Quote #1

I think actresses are imagined to be these subjects of great vanity. Life is change; physicality changes. It’s transient, and that’s a beautiful and a painful thing Picture Quote #1

The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us Picture Quote #1

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Most of us would be far enough from vanity if we heard all the things that are said about us Picture Quote #1

I don’t mind women who want to act. That’s fine. It’s odd that men want to act, in that there’s still a degree of vanity associated with it Picture Quote #1

What’s so great about working with really funny women is that vanity comes second. Whatever makes it real and funny, they’re going to go for, and it’s just great Picture Quote #1

People think they can tame the earth. How absurd! The vanity of human wishes is endless. It is more fun to dance with life Picture Quote #1

In their vanity men focus on what they wish to hear and miss the hidden meaning, the lurking threat Picture Quote #1

Pride is an established conviction of one’s own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in others, and it is generally accompanied by the secret hope of ultimately coming to the same conviction oneself. Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without Picture Quote #1

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Dancing serves no necessary use, no profitable, laudable, or pious end at all. It is only from the inbred pravity, vanity, wantonness, incontinency, pride, profaneness, or madness of man’s depraved nature Picture Quote #1

Since the time of the cavemen, man has glorified himself, has made himself divine, and his monstrous vanity has caused human catastrophe. Art has collaborated in this false development. I find this concept of art which has sustained man’s vanity to be loathsome Picture Quote #1

A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in the same atmosphere with it Picture Quote #1

Everyone has his vanity, and each one’s vanity is his forgetting that there are others with an equal soul Picture Quote #1

What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it’s easy to have glory without power Picture Quote #1

There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all Picture Quote #1

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The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope Picture Quote #1

Our vanity would have just that which we do best count as that which is hardest for us. The origin of many a morality Picture Quote #1

It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle Picture Quote #1

A girl’s coquetry is of the simplest, she thinks that all is said when the veil is laid aside; a woman’s coquetry is endless, she shrouds herself in veil after veil, she satisfies every demand of man’s vanity, the novice responds but to one Picture Quote #1

Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him Picture Quote #1

That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising to be told that it is foolish to seek greatness; that is most remarkable Picture Quote #1

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I manage because I have to. Because I’ve no other way out. Because I’ve overcome the vanity and pride of being different, I’ve understood that they are a pitiful defense against being different. Because I’ve understood that the sun shines differently when something changes. The sun shines differently, but it will continue to shine, and jumping at it with a hoe isn’t going to do anything (Vanity Quotes) The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases (Vanity Quotes) We don’t have to know, only to be: let go the jumble of worn words, reason and vanity (Vanity Quotes) There is no law by which to determine the superiority of nations; hence the vanity of the claim, and the idleness of disputes about it. A people risen, run their race, and die either of themselves or in the hands of another, who, succeeding to their power, take possession of their place, and upon their monuments write new names; such is history (Vanity Quotes) 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 (Vanity Quotes) Egocentricity: The vanity that makes you wonder what people are thinking about you when they are really wondering what you are thinking about them (Vanity Quotes) Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth (Vanity Quotes) 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 (Vanity Quotes) You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hearing the master pieces which have been produced at different periods (Vanity Quotes) Every sinew in my body came together in one perfect whole. But those who have ever experienced that feeling, and it doesn’t happen very often, will tell you it’s in a whole other place of experience from the usual ego or vanity that drives my game. So I’m not afraid to own it for what it was (Vanity Quotes) I think actresses are imagined to be these subjects of great vanity. Life is change; physicality changes. It’s transient, and that’s a beautiful and a painful thing (Vanity Quotes) The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us (Vanity Quotes) Most of us would be far enough from vanity if we heard all the things that are said about us (Vanity Quotes) I don’t mind women who want to act. That’s fine. It’s odd that men want to act, in that there’s still a degree of vanity associated with it (Vanity Quotes) What’s so great about working with really funny women is that vanity comes second. Whatever makes it real and funny, they’re going to go for, and it’s just great (Vanity Quotes) People think they can tame the earth. How absurd! The vanity of human wishes is endless. It is more fun to dance with life (Vanity Quotes) In their vanity men focus on what they wish to hear and miss the hidden meaning, the lurking threat (Vanity Quotes) Pride is an established conviction of one’s own paramount worth in some particular respect, while vanity is the desire of rousing such a conviction in others, and it is generally accompanied by the secret hope of ultimately coming to the same conviction oneself. Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without (Vanity Quotes) Dancing serves no necessary use, no profitable, laudable, or pious end at all. It is only from the inbred pravity, vanity, wantonness, incontinency, pride, profaneness, or madness of man’s depraved nature (Vanity Quotes) Since the time of the cavemen, man has glorified himself, has made himself divine, and his monstrous vanity has caused human catastrophe. Art has collaborated in this false development. I find this concept of art which has sustained man’s vanity to be loathsome (Vanity Quotes) A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in the same atmosphere with it (Vanity Quotes) Everyone has his vanity, and each one’s vanity is his forgetting that there are others with an equal soul (Vanity Quotes) What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it’s easy to have glory without power (Vanity Quotes) There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all (Vanity Quotes) The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope (Vanity Quotes) 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 Quotes) It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle (Vanity Quotes) A girl’s coquetry is of the simplest, she thinks that all is said when the veil is laid aside; a woman’s coquetry is endless, she shrouds herself in veil after veil, she satisfies every demand of man’s vanity, the novice responds but to one (Vanity Quotes) Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him (Vanity Quotes) That something so obvious as the vanity of the world should be so little recognized that people find it odd and surprising to be told that it is foolish to seek greatness; that is most remarkable (Vanity Quotes)

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