"It is vanity to chase the whirlwind."

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"I have a lot of vanity."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

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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

"It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power, the same way money is power, the same way a gun is power."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Vanity, Beauty, Power, Money, Violence

"The contest of world's tallest skyscraper is a childish thing. Whereas with similar budget, they could construct flying building."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Vanity, Ambition, Power, Truth, Wisdom

"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

"An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Vanity, Taste

"Fame is vanity's bait."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Vanity, Fame, Truth, Power

"It is vanity to chase the whirlwind."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Vanity, Pursuit, Meaning, Life

"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

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"I have a lot of 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."

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

"It's all mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power, the same way money is power, the same way a gun is power."

"The contest of world's tallest skyscraper is a childish thing. Whereas with similar budget, they could construct flying building."

"An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me."

"Fame is vanity's bait."

"It is vanity to chase the whirlwind."

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

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"In quietness we find inner peace."

"If you are still breathing, don not stop learning."

"I will do my very best while there is still grace."

"Hope in the heart is the escape in any hardship."

"Do not allow hate to consume you. Live a life of love."

"Embrace all souls from every nation with love."

"Hope can keep you alive in the midst of the turbulence."

"It takes grace to be a great soul."

"God's grace is a gift just as life is a gracious breath."

"God's grace is sufficient for us to overcome any situation."