Quotes About Vanity

[H]e was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.' I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl's life, that there must always be some supposition of falling in love coming between her and any man who is kind to her... I have no ground for the nonsensical vanity of fancying everybody who comes near me is in love with me.

She has a high opinion of herself," Andrea said. "Oh yes. When she gets into a car, her ego has to ride shotgun.

It's truly rare to find a man who enjoys the sound of his own voice as much as you do.

Vain. Terminal fear of T-shirts or any other garment that would cover his pectorals.

All false art, all vain wisdom, lasts its time but finally destroys itself, and its highest culture is also the epoch of its decay.

For human reason, without any instigations imputable to the mere vanity of great knowledge, unceasingly progresses, urged on by its own feeling of need, towards such questions as cannot be answered by any empirical application of reason, or principles derived therefrom; and so there has ever really existed in every man some system of metaphysics.

I am looking out of my window in an anxious and resentful state of mind, oblivious to my surroundings, brooding perhaps on some damage done to my prestige. Then suddenly I observe a hovering kestrel. In a moment everything is altered. The brooding self with its hurt vanity has disappeared. There is nothing now but kestrel. And when I return to thinking of the other matter it seems less important

All the effort which he had put into making himself seemed vanity now that there were no more purposes

Es rarísimo que por un momento estemos aquí y al siguiente hayamos desaparecido. En un par de generaciones, a nadie le importará una mierda. No seremos más que unos gilipollas con ropas graciosas en fotografías descoloridas que un triste descendiente con demasiado tiempo libre saca del aparador para mirar de vez en cuando.

It was all that vain, egotistical insincerity of self-reproach. By blaming ourselves we take away the right of others to do the same

Lord Dorwin took snuff. He also had long hair, curled intricately and, quite obviously, artificially, to which were added a pair of fluffy, blond sideburns, which he fondled affectionately. Then, too, he spoke in overprecise statements and left out all the r's.

Su misma superioridad lo perdió

All her troubles were caused by her madness for clothes. She simply could not think about anything else.

His stories always came to the same conclusion: everything is vanity, all philosophers are mistaken, all ideals silly and hypocritical.

male vanity goes deeper and is costlier. Look at their military uniforms and medals, the pomp and solemnity with which they show off, the extreme measures they employ to impress women and make other men envious; their luxurious toys, like cars, and their toys of supremacy, like weapons.

Casi todo el mundo miente, unos por vanidad, para presentarse bajo una luz favorable, otros por temor y la mayoría simplemente por hábito.

Quiero transformar la rabia en energía creativa y la culpa en una burlona aceptación de mis fallas; quiero barrer hacia fuera la arrogancia y la vanidad. No

En este relato, escrito muchos años después de los hechos, deseo ser lo más fiel a la verdad posible, pero la memoria es siempre caprichosa, fruto de lo vivido, lo deseado y la fantasía. La línea que divide la realidad de la imaginación es muy tenue, y a mi edad ya no interesa porque todo es subjetivo. La memoria también está teñida por la vanidad.

En mi caso, sin embargo, el crepúsculo me induce a pecar [...] Me arrepiento de las dietas, de los platos deliciosos rechazados por vanidad, tanto como lamento las ocasiones de hacer el amor que he dejado pasar por ocuparme de tareas pendientes o por virtud puritana.

male vanity goes deeper and is costlier.

Si esprimeva con un tono di tale superiorità che mi tornò in mente l'opinione del maestro Juan Ribero, secondo il quale la vanagloria è prerogativa degli ignoranti; il saggio è umile perché sa di sapere poco.

I want to transform rage into creative energy and guilt into a mocking acceptance of my faults; I want to sweep away arrogance and vanity.