Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you.
What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. – Miguel de Cervantes
Social media has infected the world with a sickening virus called vanity. – Kellie Elmore
Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it. – Blaise Pascal
There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it. – Mark Twain
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for. – Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
None are so empty as those who are full of themselves. – Benjamin Whichcote
Vanity is often the unseen spur. – William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this. – Blaise Pascal
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. – Yousuf Karsh
Stupidity talks, vanity acts. – Victor Hugo
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. – Benjamin Franklin
Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We speak little if not egged on by vanity. – François de La Rochefoucauld
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Censorship is the height of vanity. – Martha Graham
Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity makes us desire the esteem of others. – Hugh Blair
Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty. – Louis Kronenberger
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