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Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
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.]
Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, read more
Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.
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.
There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it
There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it
And not a vanity is given in vain.
And not a vanity is given in vain.
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
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.
