"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."

Vanity, Humor, Truth, Regret, Life

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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,

"'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

"Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Vanity, Egotism, Pen

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"The public thinks big, sensible, measured thoughts while people run around doing silly things."

Society

"But you can't just leave it at that!" said Anathema, pushing forward. "Think of all things you could do! Good things."Like what?" said Adam suspiciously."Well... you could bring all the whales back, to start with."He put his head on one side. "An' that'd stop people killing them?"She hesitated. It would have been nice to say yes."An' if people do start killing 'em, what would you ask me to do about 'em?" said Adam. "No. I reckon I'm getting the hang of this now. Once I start messing around like that, there'd be no stoppin' it. Seems to me, the only sensible thing is for people to know if they kill a whale, they've got a dead whale."

Ethics

"The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the number of people in it."

Wisdom

"The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort."

Nature

"Anyway, it's like with bikes,' said the first speaker authoritatively. 'I thought I was going to get this bike with seven gears and one of them razorblade saddles and purple paint and everything, and they gave me this light blue one. With a basket. A girl's bike.''Well. You're a girl,' said one of the others.'That's sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they're a girl."

Change

"Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual."

Humor

"One cannot help feeling that some alternative occupation-lettuce farming, say-would offer somewhat less of a risk of being put to death by installments. Why do you persist in it?Goldeneyes Dactylos shrugged."I'm good at it, he said."

Purpose

"Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself."

Writing

"On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed."

Religion

"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

Politics