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The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn't look too strange in the country.
The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn't look too strange in the country.
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is
kept is "lighter than vanity."
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is
kept is "lighter than vanity."
The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that's laughable is vanity.
The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that's laughable is vanity.
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous
judgment.
Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.
Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold.
Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows
That for oblivion that their daily birth
From all the read more
Meek Nature's evening comment on the shows
That for oblivion that their daily birth
From all the fuming vanities of earth.
Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain:
Fought all his battles o'er again;
And thrice he read more
Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain:
Fought all his battles o'er again;
And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being read more
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.
