Quotes about Vanity

The natural life in each of us is something self-centred, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe.

It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle.

All is ephemeral--fame and the famous as well.

He who has a vehement desire for posthumous fame does not consider that every one of those who remember him will himself also die very soon.

I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep.

I know the vanity of your heart, and that you will feel mortified that your congregation is very small, in comparison with those of your brethren around you; but assure yourself on the word of an old man, that when you come to give an account of them to the Lord Christ, at his judgment-seat, you will think you have had enough.

There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

I'm in the public eye, so I don't care who knows what I get done. If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I get it sucked, tucked, or plucked.

Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain as his mother.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We woman have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance.

Writing is very hard mostly because until you try to write something down, it's easy to fool yourself into believing you understand things. Writing is terrible for vanity and self-delusion.