Quotes
Quotes about Vanity
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is kept is "lighter than vanity."
Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it By their examples of true Christianity: In short, all know, or very short may know it.
Vanity, like murder, will out.
We say little if not egged on by vanity. [Fr., On parle peu quand la vanite ne fait pas parler.]
That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that which wounds our own. [Fr., Ce qui nous rend la vanite des autres insupportable, c'est qu'elle blesse la notre.]
"Vanitas vanitatum" has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.
And not a vanity is given in vain.
Hoy-day! What a sweep of vanity comes this way!
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus, expiring, do foretell of him: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires soon burn out themselves; Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short; He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes; With eager feeding doth choke the feeder; Light vanity, insatiate cormorant, Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.
Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile) That is not quickly buzzed into his ears?
There are grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.
In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not fault!
To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive.
Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this.
Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure.
It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to all.
Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.
My father said, "Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it right?"
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.
The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that's laughable is vanity.
One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.
If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himselfâ ugly as they may seem to his sentimental vanityâ before he can learn the truth behind the facts. And the truth is never ugly.
Never "just run out for a few minutes" without looking your best. This is not vanityâit's self-liking. Your face is always on display.
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.
