Quotes About Vanity

The room was not a room to elevate the soul. Louis XIV, to pick a name at random, would not have liked it, would have found it not sunny enough, and insufficiently full of mirrors.

Conceited little megapuppy.

there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Whatever the image of yourself, it's a mask and it's hiding emptiness.

Verily a prosperous fool is a heavy load.

Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.

For mortal kind taketh thought only for the day, and hath no more surety than the shadow of smoke.

The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I raise!

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

Pride goes before destruction.

Borrowed plumes.

What a splendid head, yet no brain.

I've never met a murderer who wasn't vain... It's their vanity that leads to their undoing, nine times out of ten. They may be frightened of being caught, but they can't help strutting and boasting and usually they're sure they've been far too clever to be caught.

E un fenomen foarte des întâlnit. Dac? v?d vreodat? pe cineva care pare s? aib? o p?rere foarte bun? despre sine ?i se laud? f?r? încetare, ?tiu de fiecare dat? c? undeva exist? un tainic sentiment de inferioritate.

Bir sanatç?n?n doyum bulmas?, yap?t?n?n ba?kalar? taraf?ndan be?enilmesi, alk??lanmas?yla olanakl?d?r ancak. Bunu yeni anl?yorum. Ben de, zekâm ve kurnazl???mdan ötürü hayranl?k toplamak isteyen bir zavall?y?m.

Shaitana was a man who prided himself on his Mephistophelian attitude to life. He was a man of great vanity. He was also a stupid man-that's why he is dead.

Is there a common denominator? I wonder. You know, if there is, I should be inclined to say it is vanity.

Some people, under a nervous and self-effacing manner, conceal a great deal of vanity and self-satisfaction.

With a deep sigh I proceeded to do things with my hair. I have nice hair. It is black—a real black, not dark brown—

But talk, however light, however idle, gives away, inevitably, the sort of person you are. The wise criminal would never open his mouth, but criminals are seldom wise and usually vain and they talk a good deal—and so most criminals are caught.

Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.

The less their ability, the more their conceit.

There are 3 reasons for why you can't beat me. First, I'm better looking than you are. Second, your blows are too light. And third, there's nothing in the world I can't tear up.

Vanity is my favourite sin.