639 Quotes About Vanity

Let him have all the perfections in the world, I think it ought not to be set down as certain that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen to like himself.

Robert Ashford possessed one of the key character flaws necessary to a traitor. He thought he was smarter than everyone else. This allowed the overeducated career bureaucrat to sell out his own country, because he believed he knew what was best for his nation and its people.

However anxious one is to reach one’s goal, one can excuse delays on the route when these are caused by ovations.

Mirrors are dangerous things. They can just as easily tell us what we don't like as what we do. Yet in truth you can't tell anything from a reflection, as a reflection is actually empty.

It's all about vanity, isn't it? I think it says something about people if they can't do it

He could see her planting violets on his grave, a solitary figure in a grey cloak. What a ghastly tragedy. A lump came to his throat. He became quite emotional thinking of his own death. He would have to write a poem about this. --from a Difference in Temperament

This life is full of vanity

What's the matter with you, Penny? You're not as good looking as you generally believe you are.

If I'd been born ugly, you'd never have heard of Pelé.