William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.

The people I respect the least are the ones that take themselves way too seriously.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

It is fatal to let any dog know that he is funny, for he immediately loses his head and starts hamming it up.

I can be quite serious sometimes so laughing is key.

The thing I do best is laugh.

There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Vanity is my favourite sin.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.

I've gone through guys who want to lay on their backs and play like they're full of themselves. You know, I don't care about posing. I mean look at me, do I care about posing?

Pride is about the ugliest trait somebody can have.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.