Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.

Quote by Logan Pearsall Smith

Topics: Vanity Quotes

What is more enchanting than the voices of young people when you can't hear what...

What is more enchanting than the voices of young people when you can't hear what...

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches

Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he's only trying on one face after...

Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he's only trying on one face after...

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people,...

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people,...

People before the public live an imagined life in the thought of others, and flourish...

People before the public live an imagined life in the thought of others, and flourish...

It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.

It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.

All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they...

All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they...

Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop...

Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop...

That amazing moment when a question on a test gives the answer on another question...

That amazing moment when a question on a test gives the answer on another question...

Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been...

Another possible source of guidance for teenagers is television, but television's message has always been...

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials,...

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials,...

My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts...

My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts...

Time to clean my room: 50% listening to music and dancing around, 49% being lazy,...

Time to clean my room: 50% listening to music and dancing around, 49% being lazy,...

Boys, books, school, looking good, music, gossip, food, twitter and problems. A girl's daily routine.

Boys, books, school, looking good, music, gossip, food, twitter and problems. A girl's daily routine.

With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in...

With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in...

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined...

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined...

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just...

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just...