"Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth."

Vanity, Pearls

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"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

"The greatest crime in human history was not the creation of the armaments of warfare and destruction of life, but the invention of hand mirror, which enticed humankind to peer at their surface appearance instead of seeking spiritual salvation. Prior to the invention of the mirror, people saw themselves through other people's eyes or by looking deep within themselves."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Vanity, Crime, History, Spiritual, Appearance

"Most of the people share quotes and wordings not because they follow them or absorb for life but they knows by share it i can be notice as a wise person."

Mohammed Zaki Ansari, Indian Writer

Vanity, Sharing, Ego, Wisdom

"Visibility without Value is Vanity."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

Vanity, Visibility, Values, Self-Worth

"It is vanity to chase the whirlwind."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Vanity, Pursuit, Meaning, Life

"If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

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"Mr. Poyser had no reason to be ashamed of his leg, and suspected that the growing abuse of top-boots and other fashions tending to disguise the nether limbs had their origin in a pitiable degeneracy of the human calf."

George Eliot, British Author

Vanity, Fashion, Body, Shame

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

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Vanity, Taste

"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

"It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness."

Edith Wharton, American Author

Vanity, Perception, Ego, Self-Deception

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"False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis."

Eloquence

"What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny."

God

"To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it."

Genius

"The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little."

Soul

"After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer."

Soul

"A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason."

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"Most of the people share quotes and wordings not because they follow them or absorb for life but they knows by share it i can be notice as a wise person."

"Visibility without Value is Vanity."

"It is vanity to chase the whirlwind."

"If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to."

"Mr. Poyser had no reason to be ashamed of his leg, and suspected that the growing abuse of top-boots and other fashions tending to disguise the nether limbs had their origin in a pitiable degeneracy of the human calf."

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

"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."

"It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness."

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"False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis."

"What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny."

"Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason."

"Words of love, are works of love."

"The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire."

"He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men."

"To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it."

"The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little."

"After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer."

"A crowd always thinks with its sympathy, never with its reason."