Barbara Tuchman Quotes

Egotism is the tongue of vanity.

Vanity is my favourite sin.

I like to think I'm not a narcissist, but truth be told, we all have those sides to our character.

Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.

Your vanity and my vanity will never be friends.

The goitre of egotism is so frequent among notable persons, that we must infer some strong necessity in nature which it subserves;such as we see in the sexual attraction.

Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves.

One can never outlive one's vanity.

The idea of narcissism, essentially, is and will be accepted as a virtue.

There's no such thing as intelligent vanity. It's an instinct. And you'll never find a man who is not first and foremost vain.

I've always been a narcissist.

Narcissism is the part of my personality that I am the least proud of, and I certainly don't like to see it highlighted in everybody else I meet.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

If you see a man who is so obviously impressed with his own appearance, then you wonder what his priorities are.

I mean, I don't like anyone who likes themselves too much.

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

I never want to be that person again, that Vanity.

Personally, I think getting obsessed with yourself is the most dangerous thing.

I'm vain.

In a vain man, the smallest spark may kindle into the greatest flame, because the materials are always prepared for it.

For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers.

Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity; there is no cure for this but experience, if indeed there is any cure for it at all.

It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.

Vanity, indeed, is the very antidote to conceit; for while the former makes us all nerve to the opinion of others, the latter is perfectly satisfied with its opinion of itself.