Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity
(So it be new, there's no respect how vile)
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Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity
(So it be new, there's no respect how vile)
That is not quickly buzzed into his ears?

Vanity, like murder, will out.

Vanity, like murder, will out.

Vanity is as ill as ease under indifference as tenderness is
under a love which it cannot return.

Vanity is as ill as ease under indifference as tenderness is
under a love which it cannot return.

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other read more

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of read more

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all
is vanity.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all
is vanity.

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

Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity,"
Most modern preachers say the same, or show it
By their read more

Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity,"
Most modern preachers say the same, or show it
By their examples of true Christianity:
In short, all know, or very short may know it.