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Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company

François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

If vanity does not overthrow all our virtues, at least she makes them totter

François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

It is our own vanity that makes the vanity of others intolerable to us

François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

We speak little if not egged on by vanity

François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

What makes the vanity of others insupportable is that it wounds our own

François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

George Santayana (1863-1952)

A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.

Jean de la Bruyère (1645-1696)

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity

Jean de la Bruyère (1645-1696)

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it

John Adams (1735-1826)

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.

Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946)

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916)

There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm, quiet interchange of sentiments

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

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