Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

Quote by Jane Austen

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Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the...

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible...

Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible...

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to...

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only...

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now...

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen...

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen...

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature...

They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature...

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing...

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing...

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something...

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is...

It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is...

Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.

Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.

Always remember this: A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes...

Always remember this: A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes...