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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.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and,
behold, all is vanity and vexation read more
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and,
behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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.
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.
Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.
The surest cure for vanity is loneliness
The surest cure for vanity is loneliness
What is your sex's earliest, latest care,
Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair.
What is your sex's earliest, latest care,
Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair.
Self-love seems so often unrequited.
Self-love seems so often unrequited.
Hoy-day!
What a sweep of vanity comes this way!
Hoy-day!
What a sweep of vanity comes this way!
