"An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person."

Vanity, Absurdity, Man, Talking, Will

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"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

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

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Vanity, Aging, Pride, Emotion

"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

"My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town."

Adelbert von Chamisso, German Poet

Vanity, Evening, Trees

"Pride is the mother of arrogance."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Vanity, Pride, Truth, Arrogance, Power

"A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Vanity, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Regret

"I don't really lift weights. It's kind of a vanity thing that I don't get into."

Jeremy London, American Actor

Vanity,

"She wore so much thick white makeup in order to conceal her naturally rosy complexion that if she turned around suddenly her face would probably end up on the back of her head."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Vanity, Humor, Truth, Regret, Life

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

Lord Byron, British Poet

Vanity, Name, Nothing

"Vanity is man's love affair with himself."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

Vanity, Self, Humanity, Pride

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"The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight."

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"We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us."

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"Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity."

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"There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice."

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"The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover."

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"Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity."

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

"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."

"My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town."

"Pride is the mother of arrogance."

"A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target."

"I don't really lift weights. It's kind of a vanity thing that I don't get into."

"She wore so much thick white makeup in order to conceal her naturally rosy complexion that if she turned around suddenly her face would probably end up on the back of her head."

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

"Vanity is man's love affair with himself."

Explore more quotes by Joseph Addison

"The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight."

"We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us."

"A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of."

"Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity."

"There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice."

"The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover."

"Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity."

"Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor."

"A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world."

"The woman that deliberates is lost."