1. vanity - Noun
2. Vanity - Proper noun
The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMen always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. Oscar Wilde
Let us, therefore, foresake the vanity of the crowd and their false teachings, and turn back to the word delivered to us from the beginning. Polycarp
The only cure for vanity is laughter. And the only fault that's laughable is vanity. Henri Bergson
Pride that dined with vanity supped with poverty. Jewish Proverb
If deeds are wanting, all words appear mere vanity and emptiness. Greek Proverb
Gluttony and vanity grow with age. Cuban Proverb