Editing Vanity (section)

==Religion and philosophy==
In many religions, vanity, in its modern sense, is considered a form of self-[[idolatry]] in which one likens oneself to the greatness of God for the sake of one's own image, and thereby becomes separated and perhaps in time divorced from the Divine grace of [[God]]. In Christian teachings, ''vanity'' is an example of [[pride]], one of the [[seven deadly sins]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bahaiquotes.com/quotepage.php?Quotes%2FVain+Imaginings |website=Bahai Quotes.com |access-date=2023-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407093418/https://bahaiquotes.com/quotepage.php?Quotes%2FVain+Imaginings |archive-date=2016-04-07 |title=Vain Imaginings}}</ref>

Philosophically, vanity may be a broader form of [[egotism]] and [[pride]]. [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] wrote that "vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality."<ref name="bartleby">[http://www.bartleby.com/66/51/41651.html Bartleby.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060301050157/http://www.bartleby.com/66/51/41651.html |date=2006-03-01 }}</ref>  One of [[Mason Cooley]]'s [[aphorism]]s is "Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful."<ref name="bartleby" />