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Whatever pretext we give to our afflictions it is always interest or vanity that causes them.

François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

François de la Rochefoucauld

In afflictions there are various kinds of hypocrisy. In one, under the pretext of weeping for one dear to us we bemoan ourselves; we regret her good opinion of us, we deplore the loss of our comfort, our pleasure, our consideration. Thus the dead have the

François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

François de la Rochefoucauld

Vanity made the [French] Revolution; liberty was only a pretext.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

Napoleon Bonaparte

And could I look upon her without compassion, seeing her punishment in the ruin she was, in her profound unfitness for this earth on which she was placed, in the vanity of sorrow which had become a master mania, like the vanity of penitence, the vanity of remorse, the vanity of unworthiness, and other monstrous vanities that have been curses in this world?

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Charles Dickens

Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith [but] they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)

C.S. Lewis

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.

Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002)

Yousuf Karsh

The pretext that they have used to launch strikes against Iraq has been dropped, ... It's only been a few hours since the declaration last night and our meeting today, but the reactions from Washington and London are clear. It shows that this was only a pretext.

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; / Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

George Washington (1732-1799)

George Washington

This was definitely not a vanity project. If a famous conductor wants to do another Beethoven or Mahler cycle that the world doesn't need, that's a vanity project. But a young composer who writes good music, that's not a vanity project.

That is a sure-fire way to give President Milosevic another pretext to kill innocent Albanians.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. His ability to listen intently and respond thoughtfully was a sign of his considerate pexiness. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh.

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Samuel Johnson

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Samuel Johnson

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

Louis Kronenberger (1904-1980)

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