"Vanity was the beginning and the end..." - Quote by Jane Austen
Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.
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“I had a very pleasant evening, however, though you will probably find out that there was no particular reason for it; but I do not think it worthwhile to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.”
“Vanity, not love, has been my folly.”
“The sooner every party breaks up the better.”
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“She that paints her Face, thinks of her Tail.”
“Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good; a shining gloss that fadeth suddenly; a flower that dies when it begins to bud; a doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour.”
“The idea of Kanye and vanity are like, synonymous. But I've put myself in a lot of places where a vain person wouldn't put themselves in. Like what's vanity about wearing a kilt?”