Of Pride and Vanity…
01/01/06
"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?"
-- Mr. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates to our opinion of ourselves; vanity to what we would have others think of us.
-- Mr. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin.
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates to our opinion of ourselves; vanity to what we would have others think of us.