#vanity

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency. ↗

— Franz Kafka

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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. ↗

— Yousuf Karsh

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I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. ↗

— John Keats

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Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#far #gentle #greed #look #never

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better. ↗

— E. M. Forster

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It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. ↗

— Mark Twain

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I think the industry is oblivious to the fact that most people listen to all kinds of stuff. I personally don't know of anyone who listens to only one genre of music. It's vanity because no one does. ↗

— Keith Urban

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The surest cure for vanity is loneliness. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#loneliness #surest #vanity

No one looks or feels attractive when angry. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #fashion #meditation #vanity #art