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Methinks I am a prophet new inspired
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:
His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short;
He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
With eager feeding doth choke the feeder;
Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (Gaunt at II, i)
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There are grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in
concealing it.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (York at II, i)
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Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
Oscar Wilde
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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.
Jane Austen
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Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others
Proverb
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I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.
Muhammad Ali
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There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it
Mark Twain
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and,
behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. I, v. 14)
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all
is vanity.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. I, v. 2)
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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a
lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than
vanity.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Psalms (ch. LXII, v. 9)
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Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is
as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is
altogether vanity. Selah.
Bible
Quotes , Source: Psalms (ch. XXXIX, v. 5)
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It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is
kept is "lighter than vanity."
John Bunyan
Quotes , Source: Pilgrim's Progress (pt. I)
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Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
And foolish notion.
Robert Burns
Quotes , Source: To a Louse
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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.
Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron)
Quotes , Source: Don Juan (canto VII, st. 6)
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Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain:
Fought all his battles o'er again;
And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.
John Dryden
Quotes , Source: Alexander's Feast (l. 66)
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How many saucy airs we meet,
From Temple Bar to Aldgate street!
John Gay
Quotes , Source: The Barley-Mow and Dunghill (l. 1)
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Vain? Let it be so! Nature was her teacher,
What if a lovely and unsistered creature
Loved her own harmless gift of pleasing feature.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Quotes , Source: Iris, Her Book--The Professor at the Breakfast-Table (X)
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