Quotes About Vanity

That he is gratified by, encourages, even stimulates the attention of fools and coquettes, I cannot deny; and when I view him indulging a weakness so contemptible, so dangerous, I am almost ready to believe he may be any thing that is vicious; and that, having taken vanity and flattery for his guides, he may attain to the horrid perfection of a successful debauchee.

In this Manner did she applaud her own Conduct, and exult with the Imagination that she had more Prudence than all her Sex beside. And it must be confessed, indeed, that she preserved an

By the way, we have just been reading 'Vanity Fair.' Very clever, very effective, but cruel to human nature. A painful book, and not the pain that purifies and exalts. Partial truths after all, and those not wholesome. But I certainly had no idea that Mr. Thackeray had intellectual force for such a book; the power is considerable. For Balzac, Balzac may have gone out of the world as far as we are concerned. Isn't it hard on us? exiles from Balzac

If there was one vice his old masters could smell out from a thousand li away, it was thinking too well of yourself. Or the other form of vanity that was thinking too little. *

all his ambitions were dust in his grave. It all came down to dust in the end.

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

Irma looked around her bedroom desperately. Her eyes fell on the stack of schoolbooks lying on top of her vanity table. Homework! Homework trumped everything! Irma dived toward the desk and scooped up a couple of textbooks. "I want to do my homework!" she wailed. "I have to study. Send Leafy instead of me!" Irma pointed to her pet turtle. "Your turtle is not going on a date with Martin Tubbs!

Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.

Luxury employ'd a million of the poor, and odious pride a million more; Envy itself and vanity were ministers of industry; Their darling folly, fickleness In diet, furniture, and dress, That strange ridic'lous vice, was made The very wheel that turn'd the trade.

Honor is decency without vanity.

All of this vain heartbreak that we cling to as important or tragic would one day be revealed - by TV scientists - for what it is: just behavior.

Mere things?however costly or lovely in themselves?cannot meet the real needs of the soul. The heart was made for God, and He alone can fill it. Self's enjoyment of the joys of this earth leaves naught but emptiness behind. The thirst of the soul cannot be quenched by the cisterns of this world. Gold can purchase nothing but what proves to be vanity. Christ alone "satisfieth the longing soul" (Psa 107:9).

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, He taketh up the isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? (Isa 40:15-18).

Después de secarse mira su rostro en el espejo con la cautela de quien busca averiguar cuánto ha progresado la vejez desde la última mirada.

Ciertas fanfarronadas se esfuman viajando, y que cada cual tiene las ciudades y la memoria que se merece

Éste es un país rico, desde luego, dotado por la naturaleza. Pero todo lo chupa el desagüe de la vanidad, la codicia y la injusticia.

En el fondo —dice—, a una mujer de mundo le gusta saber que hay hombres superiores a otros, más audaces y elegantes, que no defraudarán su vanidad, no se detendrán ante su pretendida virtud, y tomarán la iniciativa usando, incluso, la violencia adecuada que sirva de excusa a la mujer... ¿Me explico?

Fame is a food that dead men eat—I have no stomach for such meat.

keep telling her how beautiful she looks. Keep on saying that. How beautiful she looks. Lay it on thick. She won't believe you, she's too smart to fall for blarney, but it's what she wants to hear. It's the tribute you must always pay to great beauties when they grow old. Remember it's always the cameraman who grows old, never the star.

What a rude creature,' said Baldmoney, in a quiet tone to Sneezewort. 'How vain,' said Sneezewort; 'and he called us persons.' 'I'm waiting,' said the pheasant in a steely voice, looking over their heads. 'Well, you vain insolent creature, you can wait! We're not going out of this wood for you or anybody else!' replied Baldmoney hotly.

Men that are great lovers of themselves, waste the public.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

I don't know about the hair. I've had it since I was a kid, and when I look at myself in the mirror, it looks quite normal. But then when I look at myself in a photo, I realise that my hair is basically bigger than my head! There's quite a lot of interest in my hair, which is strange, as for me, it's normal!

Finally, I have realised that it is important to look good.