"'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't."

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"Each night when she prepared for bed she smeared her face with some new unguent which she hoped illogically would give back the glow and freshness to her vanishing beauty."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Vanity, Beauty, Aging, Desire

"Even eighty-odd is sometimes vulnerable to vanity."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Vanity, Aging, Pride, Emotion

"When we see that almost everything men devote their lives to attain, sparing no effort and encountering a thousand toils and dangers in the process, has, in the end, no further object than to raise themselves in the estimation of others; when we see that not only offices, titles, decorations, but also wealth, nay, even knowledge[1] and art, are striven for only to obtain, as the ultimate goal of all effort, greater respect from one's fellowmen,-is not this a lamentable proof of the extent to which human folly can go?"

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Vanity, Ego, Recognition, Folly, Status

"Fame is vanity's bait."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Vanity, Fame, Truth, Power

"Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Vanity, Womanhood, Aging, Self

"Human vanity is so constituted that it stiffens before difficulties. The more an object conceals itself from our eyes, the greater the effort we make to seize it, because it pricks our pride, it excites our curiosity and it appears interesting. In fighting for his God everyone, in fact, fights only for the interest of his own vanity, which, of all the passions produced bye the mal-organization of society, is the quickest to take offense, and the most capable of committing the greatest follies."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Vanity, Religion, Pride, Conflict

"You think too much of your "toilette", Adele; but you may have a flower." I took a rose from a vase and fastened it in her sash. She sighed a sign of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup of happiness were now full. I turned my face away to conceal a smile I could not suppress; there was something ludicrous as well as painful in the little Parisienne's earnest and innate devotion to matters of dress."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Vanity, Appearance, Joy, Materialism, Childhood

"Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"Boasting is one of those rare outfits that never looks good on you but makes you look stunning when modeled by your admirers."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Vanity, Truth, Regret, Power

"Beauty is wasted on the self-absorbed."

Lorii Myers, Canadian Author

Vanity, Beauty, Observation, Truth

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"Each night when she prepared for bed she smeared her face with some new unguent which she hoped illogically would give back the glow and freshness to her vanishing beauty."

"Even eighty-odd is sometimes vulnerable to vanity."

"Fame is vanity's bait."

"Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet."

"Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief."

"Boasting is one of those rare outfits that never looks good on you but makes you look stunning when modeled by your admirers."

"Beauty is wasted on the self-absorbed."

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"Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore."

"Death so called is a thing which makes men weep And yet a third of life is pass'd in sleep."

"She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies."

"The 'good old times' - all times when old are good."

"A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands."