639 Quotes About Vanity
- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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It is vanity to chase the whirlwind.
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- Author Don DeLillo
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Vanity is a defensive quality. it contains an element of fear.
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- Author Eric Hoffer
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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- Author Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to truth.
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- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
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Professing not to care is a primordial defense mechanism. Whenever a person finds oneself mired in failure and despondency, rebelling is a viable option to preserve false personal pride.
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- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
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Conflicting egos destroy many relationships. Lasting, stable marriages are a true treasure because they demand that both parties adjust to the constant cellular flux of their partner as they metaphase through changing seasons of life.
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- Author Lailah Gifty Akita
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Why do you chase the wind?
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- Author Kristina Adams
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I just don't get it. You've been in love with this bloke since you were a kid, and he's never once got his hair cut short enough that it doesn't poke him in the damn eye.
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- Author Milan Kundera
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The cemetery was vanity transmogrified into stone. Instead of growing more sensible in death, the inhabitants of the cemetery were sillier than they had been in life.
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