“A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rouT to retire upon.”
Thomas Moore
“Ah vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of fate are, How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are”
William Makepeace Thackeray
“I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.”
Coco Chanel
“Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
Alexander Pope
“A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rouĂ© to retire upon.”
Thomas More
“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.”
Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
“Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.”
Oscar Wilde