vainglory

• And thus the Prince Bishop fell into the sin of vainglory, and, though he was a holy man, he did not perceive that he had fallen, so filled with gladness was he at the sight of his completed work Illustration: "_Surely in all the world God has no more beautiful house than this In the double gallery of the west front there were many great statues with crowns and sceptres, but a niche over the central portal was empty, and this the Prince Bishop intended to fill with a statue of himself. —  A Child's Book of Saints
• And this did he to preserve his lowliness, and to avoid vainglory, which is the fretting moth of all virtues. —  The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings
• Thus suppose a man to seek vainglory, he will sin, whether he does his duty for vainglory or whether he omit to do it. —  Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition
• This vainglory was followed, in the man, by the desire to make and experiment, and in the woman, by doubt, for she gave way to vainglory, merely through hearing the serpent mention the precept, as though she refused to be held in check by the precept Reply Obj. —  Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition
• If they have left us nothing for vainglory, they have left us at least enough to be grateful for. —  Lectures on Art

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