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Are Both Natural? They bought those luxury cars simply to please/satisfy their vanity. They bought those luxury cars simply out of vanity.

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The second sentence sounds natural for an English speaker. The first one also sounds natural, but only if you use "satisfy" ("please" doesn't sound very natural when coupled with "vanity" as an object).
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"They bought those luxury cars simply out of vanity" sounds much more natural.

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