The walls, hung with red calico, were dusted, the floor was swept, and the holy water basins full; superb tea roses flourished in pots between the candelabra.
It behoveth you to abandon vainglory which causeth alienation and to set your hearts on whatever will ensure harmony.
The day is approaching when every emblem of vainglory will have been reduced to nothingness; then shall ye behold the invincible sovereignty of your Lord ruling over all things visible and invisible.
But a pang of bodily suffering reminded him of the present and its ills, and the vainglory of brief exultation faded as quickly as it had assailed him; involuntarily his glance sought the sacred emblem of intercession.
Vainglory is a sleeveless errand," murmured the spirit of the flagellant.
Vainglory is that petty ambition which is contented with appearances, which is exhibited in pompous display, and never elevates itself to greater things.
False glory often verges towards vanity; but it often leads to excesses, whilevainglory is more confined to splendid littlenesses.
Those that are not of His fold He gives over to their fill of vainglory and greed and power, but the Catholic nations He cleanses again and again in the bitter waters of defeat--ah, in fire and blood!
It is amazing how the use of language blunts the faculties of man---that because vainglory finds no vent in words, creatures supplied with eyes have been unable to detect a fault so gross and obvious.
Even a tobacconist may, upon consideration, find no great cause for personal vainglory in the phrase; for although tobacco is an admirable sedative, the qualities necessary for retailing it are neither rare nor precious in themselves.
Was it then arrogance and vainglory which prompted them to offer battle to one of the great Powers of the world?
Arrogance and vainglory would not have stood the test, but would soon have vanquished like morning clouds before the rising sun.
Because Paul knew that the vainglory of the false Apostles had caused the churches of Galatia endless trouble, he makes it his business to suppress this abominable vice.
Now vainglory has always been a common poison in the world.
When the poison of vainglory gets into the Church you have no idea what havoc it can cause.
Vainglory is not nearly so bad in a private person or even in an official as it is in a minister.
To desirevainglory is to desire lies, because when one person praises another he tells lies.
Now, my dear sir, you have feasted me royally, and better far than I deserve, but why will you go about to make me drunk twice over, first with vainglory and then with wine?
At first, he wasted his estate in show and luxury, always intending to be famous, and destroying his own fame all the while by his vainglory and haste.
But note here hisvainglory and falsehood, or else fear of the Spaniard.
And yet this supposed honour, popular applause, desire of immortality by this means, pride and vainglory spur them on many times rashly and unadvisedly, to make away themselves and multitudes of others.
That is only vainglory of persons who wish to make their neighbours jealous by outward show.
Perhaps the country itself, or rather the people, with their vainglory and empty pomp, are particularly adapted to be victimised by impostors and are easy preys to them.
Art thou that Beowulf who strove with Breca, contested with him on the open sea, in a swimming contest, when ye two for vainglory tried the floods, and ventured your lives in deep water for idle boasting?
Thus, if one vows to build a church and the sole motive for making the vow is the applause one will receive, the vow is substantially illicit; but if vainglory is only a secondary motive, the vow is substantially licit.
Caius gives alms to the poor, intending only an act of charity, but he knows that thoughts of vainglory will arise.
Their heads must be so stuffed with vainglory that there can be little room for anything else.
Sweet is the savor of triumph; to all who are touched with ambition the mere joy of victory, with the homage of men and the flattery that follow in the train of victory, is so sweet that in vainglory they forget what yet remains to be done.
The man lost his head withvainglory at this reception.
Further, vainglory is not, like pusillanimity, opposed to magnanimity by way of deficiency, for this seems inconsistent with vainglory.
Therefore since covetousness or vainglory is not directly opposed to truth, it seems that neither is hypocrisy or dissimulation.
Vainglory stands prominent under the aspect of desirability, for the reason given above, and this suffices for it to be reckoned a capital vice.
Now it is proper to pride and vainglory to seek one's own glory.
Opus Imperfectum falsely ascribed to St. John Chrysostom] that "while other vices find their abode in the servants of the devil, vainglory finds a place even in the servants of Christ.
Vainglory is reproved in connection with almsdeeds on account of the lack of charity apparent in one who prefers vainglory to the good of his neighbor, seeing that he does the latter for the sake of the former.
Therefore, since vainglory is a graver sin than the use of pleasure, it would seem that religious who should aim at what is more perfect ought to avoid coarse rather than fine clothes.
Objection 1: It seems that vainglory is not opposed to magnanimity.
But vainglory is not opposed to perseverance but to magnanimity, as stated above (Q.
And since many vices arise from the inordinate desire thereof, it follows that vainglory is a capital vice.
Here belong all the sins of vainglory and spiritual pride.
Protect us against all spiritual pride and the vaingloryof worldly honor or reputation.
But this can be referred to an evil end, for instance, to vainglory or covetousness, by willing to obey God for the sake of temporal gain.
Thus suppose a man to seek vainglory, he will sin, whether he does his duty for vainglory or whether he omit to do it.
Secondly, a thing is said to be good or evil, from its relation to the end: thus the giving of alms for vainglory is said to be evil.
We must not suppose that the tempter would have overcome man, unless first of all there had arisen in man's soul a movement of vainglory which should have been checked.
This vainglory which preceded man's downfall, was his first mortal sin, for it is stated to have preceded his downfall into the outward act of sin.
Now the vainglorywhich preceded man's defeat, which was accomplished through his falling into mortal sin, could be nothing more than a venial sin.
Let him, then, who would be a preacher guard vigilantly against vaingloryand avarice.
Pyramids, arches, obelisks, were but the irregularities of vaingloryand wild enormities of ancient magnanimity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vainglory" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: aim; conceit; consequence; egotism; narcissism; pride; smugness; vainglory; vanity
