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La vanidad es la creencia excesiva en las propias habilidades o atractivo. Antes del siglo XIV, no tenía tales connotaciones narcisistas y simplemente significaba futilidad. El término relacionado vainglory ahora se ve a menudo como un sinónimo arcaico de vanidad, pero originalmente significaba considerar las propias capacidades y que la ayuda de Dios no era necesaria, es decir, jactancia injustificada; aunque glory ahora se ve con un significado predominantemente positivo, el término latino del que deriva, gloria, significa aproximadamente jactancia, y a menudo se usaba como una crítica negativa.
“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.”
“… when we place our hope in worldly vanities, in money, in success. Then the Word of God says to us: “Why do you seek the living among the dead?”. Why are you searching there? That thing cannot give you life! Yes, perhaps it will cheer you up for a moment, for a day, for a week, for a month … and then?”
“Vanity is the real lever with which Archimedes said he could move the earth;...”
“By mortifying vanity we do ourselves no good. It is the want of interest in our life which produces it; by filling up that want of interest in our life we can alone remedy it. And, did we even see this, how can we make the difference? How obtain the interest which society declares she does not want, and we cannot want?”
“Vanity, like laudanum, and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man, who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.”
“Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un comme il veut l'être.”
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