Usage examples for vainglory:

• Suppose a man goes into Parliament, not out of any zeal for the public good, but in pure vainglory or to serve his private ends, is it possible for him to render the State good service? "Logic, Inductive and Deductive" – William Minto

• " Having thus oppressed the vainglory of my self- willed mind, the presumption of this unworthy body must be subdued likewise. "Kai Lung's Golden Hours" – Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc

• You know that he is cold, callous, that he is a bad man, that ambition and vainglory are his only guides. "The Gods are Athirst" – Anatole France

• Folly in the garb of pride, of vanity, of vainglory is the hidden spring of all that is considered high and great in this world. "Erasmus and the Age of Reformation" – Johan Huizinga