William Hazlitt Quote

Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.


Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt]. (ed. 1837)


Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.

Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.

Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.

Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.