"Is not wounded vanity the mother of..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.”

“Every man in creating the beautiful appearance of the dream worlds is a perfect artist.”

“It is a terrible thought, to contemplate that an immense number of mediocre thinkers are occupied with really influential matters.”

“The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.”

“[You write out of the] desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, etc., etc., etc. It is humbug to pretend this is not a motive and a strong one.”

“The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.”

“I'm very proud of the Rome episode of 'No Reservations' because it violated all the conventional wisdom about making television. You're never, ever supposed to do a food or travel show in black and white.”

“Without humility, we keep all our defects; and they are only crusted over by pride, which conceals them from others, and often from ourselves.”

“Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it.”