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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.]
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.
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
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.,
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.
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
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.
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.
