Quotes by Vanity If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment. If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill'd take the deepest root, great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women. Abigail Adams vanity hero mean My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug Vanity Fair. You feel smarter, somehow, for reading it. Abigail Spencer vanity reading father Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity. Abraham Cowley vanity solitude people Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask? Abraham Joshua Heschel vanity deception people Yesterday misspent can't be recall'd Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches. Abraham Verghese riches vanity yesterday The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects. Adam Smith vanity objects secret The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part of their little revenue is spent in getting it. The luxuries and vanities of life occasion the principal expense of the rich, and a magnificent house embellishes and sets off to the best advantage all the other luxuries and vanities which they possess ... It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion. Adam Smith progressive-taxation luxury vanity They who prosper take on airs of vanity. Aeschylus vanity air Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. Aesop vanity office inspirational The need for sociability induce man to be in touch with his fellow men. However, this need might not ("ne saurait", Fr.) find its full (or complete) satisfaction in the conventional (or superficial, - "conventionnel", Fr.) and deceitful world, in which (or where) everyone is mainly (or mostly) trying to assert oneself in front of others ("devant les autres", Fr.), to appear, and hoping to find in society ("mondaine", Fr.) relationships some advantages for his interest and vanity (or vainglory or conceit", Fr). African Spir vanity trying men The vanity of man revolts from the serene indifference of the cat. Agnes Repplier vanity cat men It's the bane of both the news and sports businesses, both electronic and print - 'You heard it here first!' Who cares? That's nothing but a vanity play. If it's not right, it's garbage. Al Michaels vanity play sports Vanity: my favorite sin. Al Pacino vanity my-favorite sin Vanity is my favourite sin. Al Pacino favourite vanity sin Self-improvement is a dangerous form of vanity. Alan Watts vanity self spiritual Of course, true love is exceptional - two or three times a century, more or less. The rest of the time there is vanity or boredom. Albert Camus vanity love-is two Our civilization survives in the complacency of cowardly or malignant minds -- a sacrifice to the vanity of aging adolescents Albert Camus vanity sacrifice civilization The act of love . . . is a confession. Selfishness screams aloud, vanity shows off, or else true generosity reveals itself. Albert Camus vanity selfish love The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. Albert Einstein vanity truth happiness The individual feels the vanity of human desires and aims, and the nobility and marvelous order which are revealed in nature and in the world of thought. He feels the individual destiny as an imprisonment and seeks to experience the totality of existence as a unity full of significance. Albert Einstein vanity destiny order 1234567891011»
