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    "Vanitas vanitatum" has rung in the ears
    Of gentle and simple for thousands of years;
    The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare
    Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.

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Maud Muller looked and sighed: :Ah me!
That I the Judge's bride might be!
He would dress read more

Maud Muller looked and sighed: :Ah me!
That I the Judge's bride might be!
He would dress me up in silks so fine,
And praise and toast me at his wine."

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The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that's laughable is vanity.

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that's laughable is vanity.

by Henri Bergson Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

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Never "just run out for a few minutes" without looking your best. This is not vanity -- it's self-liking. Your read more

Never "just run out for a few minutes" without looking your best. This is not vanity -- it's self-liking. Your face is always on display.

by Estee Lauder Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, read more

Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.

by Louisa May Alcott Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

by Muhammad Ali Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows
That for oblivion that their daily birth
From all the read more

Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows
That for oblivion that their daily birth
From all the fuming vanities of earth.

by William Wordsworth 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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Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher,
What if a lovely and unsistered creature
Loved read more

Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher,
What if a lovely and unsistered creature
Loved her own harmless gift of pleasing feature.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,

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