vanity [Theme]

People are possessed by vanity, born of sorrow, humility, repentance, shame - all the monstrous forms of vanity that, like a curse, weigh on us.

As a child I was disgustingly vain, after which my tonsils were cut out. Since then I have had no vanity or ambition.

Many people by nature are far from generous, but, prompted by vanity, they do everything to appear generous: out of arrogance and, as it were, out of their evil nature, they shower generosity. This hypocrisy has much more to do with childish vanity than with noble and virtuous feelings.

As night follows day, and winter follows summer, so vanity and voluptuousness are replaced by sorrows and illnesses, either in the present or in the future.

Quote in English

Self-respect and vanity are incompatible.

I find happiness.

You mortals think too highly of your souls and lives. As if everyone needs them so much, although most of them have rot and deceit inside. And if not, then cowardice or vanity ...

And I'm not saying that I have no vanity. There is just a very thin line between vanity and ambition. I will now say a phrase that - pay attention! - must be taken primarily as a joke. So: I do not want to be popular, because I have more vain thoughts - I want to stay in eternity ... I want people to review my performances and cry over them.

carnations and roses.

They've been through this before. This was not the first such conversation. Yes, the words changed each time, but both adhered to the same positions. Palmer wanted Strange to use his talents to help people. Strange wanted to use his talents... as he pleased.

Vanity is the pride of other people.

I imagine there must be something special in the feeling of a man who knows and says that he is poor, some kind of vanity.

Taking care of your neighbor means taking care of those who need you, and not of those who amuse your vanity.