A vain man can never be utterly ruthless he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

A vain man can never be utterly ruthless he wants to win applause and therefore he accommodates himself to others.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Related topics

applause man vain win others

Related quotes

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms? View quote
William Cowper
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may. View quote
William Hazlitt
I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it. View quote
Romain Rolland
Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company. View quote
Arthur Schopenhauer
People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him. View quote
Robert F. Kennedy