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Vanity Proverbs

Sayings about Vanity Vanity blossoms but bears no fruit. ~ Nepalese Proverb Every person admires his own character. ~ Turkish Proverb Beauty's sister is vanity , and its daughter lust. ~ Author Unknown Vanity is the fruit of ignorance. It thrives most in subterranean places, never reached by the air of heaven and the light of the sun. ~ Alexander Ross The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead. ~ George Savile Vanity makes men ridiculous, pride odious and ambition terrible. ~ Sir Richard Steele Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson There are no grades of vanity , there are only grades of ability in concealing it. ~ Mark Twain Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity. ~ Anne Sophie Swetchine The expression of vanity and self-love becomes less offensive, when it retains something of simplicity and frankness. ~ Alexander Von Humboldt What is the vanity of the vaine...