Logo
Quote by Max Beerbohm
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself. – Max Beerbohm

Other quotes by Max Beerbohm

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. – Max Beerbohm

Category:
Dreams
Author
Max Beerbohm
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Vanity
category

Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it. – John Adams

Category:
Vanity

Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Vanity

Virtue would not go to such lengths if vanity did not keep her company. РFran̤ois de la Rochefoucauld

Category:
Vanity

To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life. – Lord Chesterfield

Category:
Vanity

Random Quotes

A watched child never learns. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Learning

In this work I have received the opposition of a number of men who only advocate the unobtainable because the immediately possible is beyond their moral courage, administrative ability, and their political prescience. – John Burns

Category:
Courage

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. – Salvador Dali

Category:
Art

Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another. – Author Unknown

Category:
Prom Night