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Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce read more
Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short;
He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
With eager feeding doth choke the feeder;
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.
Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others
Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others
Vanity, like murder, will out.
Vanity, like murder, will out.
No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being read more
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.
That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that
which wounds our own.
[Fr., Ce read more
That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that
which wounds our own.
[Fr., Ce qui nous rend la vanite des autres insupportable, c'est
qu'elle blesse la notre.]
Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity,"
Most modern preachers say the same, or show it
By their read more
Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity,"
Most modern preachers say the same, or show it
By their examples of true Christianity:
In short, all know, or very short may know it.
What is your sex's earliest, latest care,
Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair.
What is your sex's earliest, latest care,
Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair.
