François de La Rochefoucauld - Vanity Quotes
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Vanity, shame, and, above all, temperament, often make the valor of men, and the virtue of women.
François de La Rochefoucauld
If vanity does not overthrow all virtues, at least she makes them totter.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.
François de La Rochefoucauld
What makes the vanity of others insufferable to us is that it wounds our own.
François de La Rochefoucauld
What renders the vanity of others unbearable to us is the wound it inflicts on ours.
François de La Rochefoucauld
Flattery is counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.
François de La Rochefoucauld
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
François de La Rochefoucauld
The most violent passions sometimes leave us at rest, but vanity agitates us constantly.
François de La Rochefoucauld
