639 Quotes About Vanity

She neglects her heart who too closely studies her glass.

Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.

Vanity and dignity are incompatible with each other; vain women are almost sure to be vulnerable.

To be happy one must be (a) well fed, unhounded by sordid cares, at ease in Zion, (b) full of a comfortable feeling of superiority to the masses of one's fellow men, and (c) delicately and unceasingly amused according to one's taste. It is my contention that, if this definition be accepted, there is no country in the world wherein a man constituted as I am a man of my peculiar weakness, vanities, appetites, and aversions can be so happy as he can be in the United States.

When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment.

One can never outlive one's vanity.

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.

It is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still with our legs that we must walk. And on the highest throne in the world we are still sitting on our own ass.

The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us.