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Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of read more
Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.
One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.
One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear.
That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that
which wounds our own.
[Fr., Ce read more
That which makes the vanity of others unbearable to us is that
which wounds our own.
[Fr., Ce qui nous rend la vanite des autres insupportable, c'est
qu'elle blesse la notre.]
Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
And foolish notion.
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.rn
Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.rn
It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
[Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un read more
It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
[Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un comme il veut l'etre.]
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.
