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    Vanity is as ill as ease under indifference as tenderness is
    under a love which it cannot return.

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Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they read more

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.

by Van Wyck Brooks Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
[Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un read more

It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
[Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un comme il veut l'etre.]

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Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux.

Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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Self-love seems so often unrequited.

Self-love seems so often unrequited.

by Anthony Powell Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before read more

Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, Concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.

by Miguel De Unamuno Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was read more

When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity- but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.

by Joyce Carol Oates Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.

by Jean-jacques Rousseau Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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There are grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in
concealing it.

There are grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in
concealing it.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a
lie: to be laid in read more

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a
lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than
vanity.

by Bible Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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