“Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity?”

The ANC is very concerned (about shedding votes), hence they are pinning their hopes that those rogue elements will run the elections, so rigging will be on the high. There is no doubt about that

The Madiba song may have ended, but its melody lingers on.

You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for you own pleasure.

I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.

The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.

Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.

Luxury is the income tax of vanity. But it is so pleasant.

Vanity and narcissism – the compulsive need to be admired and praised – undermine one’s courage, for one then fights on someone else’s conviction rather than one’s own.

Vanity, fear, desire, competition – all such distortions within our own egos – condition our vision of those in relation to us.

The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.