We have but the memories of past good cheer, we have but the echoes of departed laughter. In vain we look and… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Fashion is the abortive issue of vain ostentation and exclusive egotism ... tied to no rule, and bound to conform to every… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I construct my memories with my present. I am lost, abandoned in the present. I try in vain to rejoin the past:… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
You know what I am going to say. I love you. What other men may mean when they use that expression, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not… — Dee Dee Ramone Copy Share Image
For me, I've such a steady presence throughout the community that I think if anyone can raise up to the challenge of… — Yaya Han Copy Share Image
We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
A design may be called organic when there is an harmonious organization of the parts within the whole, according to structure, material,… — Eliot Noyes Copy Share Image
One of the cardinal sins in our country is profanity -- the taking of the name of the Lord in vain. Reverence… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter - - - for always there will be greater and… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
In vain are Schools, Academies, and Universities instituted, if loose Principles and licentious habits are impressed upon Children in their earliest years… — John Adams Copy Share Image
She would fain have caught at the skirts of that departing time, and prayed it to return, and give her back what… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Natural good is' so intimately connected with moral good, and natural evil with moral evil, that I am as certain as if… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
And now, my friend, I am going to expose to you all my weaknesses. All men, I believe, are under a necessity… — Peter Abelard Copy Share Image
Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share… — George Arthur Buttrick Copy Share Image
If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
People are dying in vain because America isn't holding their end of the bargain up, as far as giving freedom and justice,… — Colin Kaepernick Copy Share Image
“Fine, it’s decided.” Vain resumed his stride. “I’ll do all the killing, and you do all the stuff that an Avun-Riah does.… — Luke Romyn Copy Share Image
If the criminal will not keep his gains for ever and his victim will not always suffer want, surely man passes like… — Mark the Evangelist Copy Share Image
People have fought in vain about the names and lives of their saviors, and have named their religions after the name of… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“My cruel fate hath warr'd with me in vain Life, glory, worth, and all unmeasur'd skill Beauty and grace, themselves in me… — Benvenuto Cellini Copy Share Image
Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The artist is an interpreter of Nature. People learn to love Nature through pictures. To the artist, nothing is in vain; nothing… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
Words? I tell you not to write me letters; I command you. Is it not enough to want you so in vain,… — Anne Reeve Aldrich Copy Share Image
The solitary Bee Whose buzzing was the only sound of life, Flew there on restless wing, Seeking in vain one blossom where… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
Children have very little voice, and the coroner's inquest is about Luke's voice, and making sure Luke is heard and respected and… — Rosie Batty Copy Share Image
As long as I see anything to be done for God, life is worth having; but O how vain and unworthy it… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
An exile from home splendour dazzles in vain,Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage again;The birds singing gayly, that came at my… — John Howard Payne Copy Share Image
The skeptic has no illusions about life, nor a vain belief in the promise of immortality. Since this life here and now… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Always have a book to read, instead of indulging in vain conversation. Strive to learn English…Remember this, that you cannot commit some… — Christmas Evans Copy Share Image
“I can’t do that,” he said, exhaling sharply and staring out the glass into the street. “Why not?” His face softened. “I… — Fisher Amelie Copy Share Image
In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Do not think about or do anything without a spiritual purpose, whereby it is done for God. For If you travel without… — Marcus Eremita Copy Share Image
Regrets are as personal as fingerprints. Discarding what is vain or false, facing the facts that should truly disturb your conscience, is… — Margaret Culkin Banning Copy Share Image
You will seek for God in vain till you understand that God can't be seen as a "thing"; he needs a special… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
When it comes to exercise, everybody has to find what works for them. I watch my body. I look at myself in… — Montel Williams Copy Share Image
Knowing what we must do is neither fundamental nor difficult, but to comprehend which presumptions and vain prejudices we must rid ourselves… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
