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“Vanity is a natural object of temptation to a woman.”

Natural Objects Temptation Vanity

Author:Jonathan Swift

“The desire to be the object of public attention is weak, but the excessive dread of it is but a form of vanity and over-self-contemplativeness.”

Self Form Desire Attention Objects Weak Vanity Dread

Book:Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge

Source: Memoir and Letters of Sara Coleridge

“Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions?”

Doe Action Objects Cease Vanity Generous

Author:Denis Diderot

“Agreeable then to my present inclination, I formed the object of my own worship, which was no other than my own understanding.”

Self Understanding My Own Education Objects Worship Vanity Inclination

Book:The cry: a new dramatic fable : in two volumes

Source: The cry: a new dramatic fable : in two volumes

“This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom--the very fashion of which "passeth away.”

World Earth Poor Fashion Objects Misery Insane Vanity Folly Attachment Phantoms

Book:Spiritual Progress

Source: Spiritual Progress

“The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects.”

Secret Objects Direct Vanity

Book:The Theory of Moral Sentiments: Or, An Essay Towards an Analysis of the Principles by which Men Naturally Judge Concerning the Conduct and Character, First of Their Neighbours, and Afterwards of Themselves : to which is Added, A Dissertation on the Origin of Languages

Source: The Theory of Moral Sentiments: Or, An Essay Towards an Analysis of the Principles by which Men Naturally Judge Concerning the Conduct and Character, First of Their Neighbours, and Afterwards of Themselves : to which is Added, A Dissertation on the Origin of Languages

“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably handsome in his youth; and, at fifty-four, was still a very fine man. Few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did, nor could the valet of any new made lord be more delighted with the place he held in society. He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and the Sir Walter Elliott, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion.”