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Vanity Quotes

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

O vanity! You are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the Earth! Picture Quote #1

Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect Picture Quote #1

Vanity costs money, labor, horses, men, women, health and peace, and is still nothing at last, a long way leading nowhere Picture Quote #1

Pride is handsome, economical; pride eradicates so many vices, letting none subsist but itself, that it seems as if it were a great gain to exchange vanity for pride Picture Quote #1

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She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth Picture Quote #1

I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone Picture Quote #1

I think when you do comedy, you play by a different set of rules. No one really wants you to be in that good shape. Being in good shape implies a level of vanity that isn't necessarily funny Picture Quote #1

But what most showed the vanity of life was to behold the nations all on fire Picture Quote #1

No noise, no care, no vanity, no strife; men, woods and fields, all breathe untroubled life Picture Quote #1

One thing House needs Wilson for is vanity. He needs someone to laugh at his jokes Picture Quote #1

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Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret Picture Quote #1

In sickness the soul begins to dress herself for immortality. And first she unties the strings of vanity that made her upper garments cleave to the world and sit uneasy Picture Quote #1

Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity Picture Quote #1

To find love in Paris you must go down among those classes where the absence of education and of vanity, and the struggle for bare necessities, have allowed more energy to survive Picture Quote #1

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it Picture Quote #1

Vanity is the foundation of the most ridiculous and contemptible vices - the vices of affectation and common lying Picture Quote #1

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This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom, the very fashion of which passeth away Picture Quote #1

Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions? Picture Quote #1

Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, with uselessness, with the vanity of fashionable life Picture Quote #1

Friends should not be chosen to flatter. The quality we should prize is that rectitude which will shrink from no truth. Intimacies which increase vanity destroy friendship Picture Quote #1

I am vain. I think vanity is a good thing. It’s done more good things for me than it has not Picture Quote #1

Everybody in Vanity Fair must have remarked how well those live who are comfortably and thoroughly in debt; how they deny themselves nothing; how jolly and easy they are in their minds Picture Quote #1

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When we see the bankruptcy, slavery, and vanity of everything else, we can finally say, ‘To die is gain.’ Picture Quote #1

Cast out pride and vanity; have no thought of trying to rule over others or of outdoing them Picture Quote #1

Is that the basis of friendship? Is it as reactive as that? Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?... Do we all buzz or ring or light up when people press our vanity buttons, and only then? Can I think of anyone in my whole life whom I have liked without his first showing signs of liking me? Picture Quote #1

And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence Picture Quote #1

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere Picture Quote #1

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life Picture Quote #1

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Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity (Vanity Quotes) 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 (Vanity Quotes) O vanity! You are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the Earth! (Vanity Quotes) Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect (Vanity Quotes) Vanity costs money, labor, horses, men, women, health and peace, and is still nothing at last, a long way leading nowhere (Vanity Quotes) Pride is handsome, economical; pride eradicates so many vices, letting none subsist but itself, that it seems as if it were a great gain to exchange vanity for pride (Vanity Quotes) She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth (Vanity Quotes) I imagine my children are going to save me from my vanity and be my passion and fill whatever fears I have of the amazing time I'm having right now being gone (Vanity Quotes) I think when you do comedy, you play by a different set of rules. No one really wants you to be in that good shape. Being in good shape implies a level of vanity that isn't necessarily funny (Vanity Quotes) But what most showed the vanity of life was to behold the nations all on fire (Vanity Quotes) No noise, no care, no vanity, no strife; men, woods and fields, all breathe untroubled life (Vanity Quotes) One thing House needs Wilson for is vanity. He needs someone to laugh at his jokes (Vanity Quotes) Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret (Vanity Quotes) In sickness the soul begins to dress herself for immortality. And first she unties the strings of vanity that made her upper garments cleave to the world and sit uneasy (Vanity Quotes) Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity (Vanity Quotes) To find love in Paris you must go down among those classes where the absence of education and of vanity, and the struggle for bare necessities, have allowed more energy to survive (Vanity Quotes) Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it (Vanity Quotes) Vanity is the foundation of the most ridiculous and contemptible vices - the vices of affectation and common lying (Vanity Quotes) This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom, the very fashion of which passeth away (Vanity Quotes) Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions? (Vanity Quotes) Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, with uselessness, with the vanity of fashionable life (Vanity Quotes) Friends should not be chosen to flatter. The quality we should prize is that rectitude which will shrink from no truth. Intimacies which increase vanity destroy friendship (Vanity Quotes) I am vain. I think vanity is a good thing. It’s done more good things for me than it has not (Vanity Quotes) Everybody in Vanity Fair must have remarked how well those live who are comfortably and thoroughly in debt; how they deny themselves nothing; how jolly and easy they are in their minds (Vanity Quotes) When we see the bankruptcy, slavery, and vanity of everything else, we can finally say, ‘To die is gain.’ (Vanity Quotes) Cast out pride and vanity; have no thought of trying to rule over others or of outdoing them (Vanity Quotes) Is that the basis of friendship? Is it as reactive as that? Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?... Do we all buzz or ring or light up when people press our vanity buttons, and only then? Can I think of anyone in my whole life whom I have liked without his first showing signs of liking me? (Vanity Quotes) And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence (Vanity Quotes) Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere (Vanity Quotes) There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life (Vanity Quotes)

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