Vanity Quotes - Page 15

I doubt if there ever was a man who was not gratified by being told that he was liked by the women.

Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain has his mother.

Yet some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise, and wherever the vein of thought reaches down into the profound, there is no danger from vanity. Solemn friends will warn them of the danger of the head's being turned by the flourish of trumpets, but they can afford to smile.

Live according to the ethics of excellence, and you can always stand proud. Pride - not vanity, but dignity and self-respect - should carry a lot of weight in helping you make decisions. Let pride help you decide.

Every present occasion will catch the senses of the vain man; and with that bridle and saddle you may ride him.

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.

The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.

I'll destroy you. I am the master of disaster.

Without vanity a writer's work is tepid, and he must accept his vanity as part of his stock in trade and live with it as one of the hazards of his profession.

There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.

My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies.

God gave us laughter, I think, as a balm to wash the wounds of our own blunders, as a splint to mend the bones we break in our rashness or vanity.

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.

What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!

After all, what does fame everlasting mean? Mere vanity.

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.

Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity.And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues?

Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.

Depression is the most extreme form of vanity.

Vanity is a natural object of temptation to a woman.

Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.

Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man's imagination, entertains his vanity, and drives him to a doting upon his own person.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.