Share this sentence
— Vincent Voiture"Men are found to be vainer on account of those qualities which they fondly believe they have than of those which they really have."
Related information
Discover more quotes
Previous Quote
Whoever is wise is apt to suspect and be diffident of himself, and upon that account is willing to "hearken unto counsel"; whereas the foolish man, being in proportion to his folly full of himself, and swallowed up in conceit, will seldom take any counsel but his own, and for that very reason, because it is his own.
— John Balguy
Next Quote
People do not care to give alms without some security for their money; and a wooden leg or a withered arm is a sort of draft upon heaven for those who choose to have their money placed to account there.
— Henry Mackenzie
Loading recommended content...