Famous quotes containing the words pride and/or vanity:
“That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver’s pride and the receiver’s cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 1:2 passim.