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.
~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Vanity and Pride
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It almost seems unfair not to credit these words to Mary Bennet as they so exemplify her combination of foolish pretension and pedantry. Sometimes the quote belongs to the character and not the author.