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

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

by Mark Twain Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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How many saucy airs we meet,
From Temple Bar to Aldgate street!

How many saucy airs we meet,
From Temple Bar to Aldgate street!

by John Gay Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all
is vanity.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all
is vanity.

by Bible Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.

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

by George Eliot Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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"Vanitas vanitatum" has rung in the ears
Of gentle and simple for thousands of years;
The wail read more

"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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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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Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.

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One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.

One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.

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Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.rn

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.rn

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Vanity Quotes,
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