If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or,… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
The saints were cowards who stood by to see Christ crucified: they should have flung themselves Upon the Roman spears, and died… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Concerning God, freewill and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe,… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
No wonder, Sir, that he is vain; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be conceived. So many… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I am astonished about those people who are ordered to prepare their provisions, then the start of the journey is announced, however… — Hasan of Basra Copy Share Image
Was it Gorky who had said, "If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered them in vain, indeed… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
We are strange beings, we seem to go free, but we go in chains - chains of training, custom, convention, association, environment… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We sometimes observe that spoiled children contract a habit of annoying quite wantonly those who have charge of them, and seem tomeasure… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
Alas!... what is it, valiant knight, save an offering of sacrifice to a demon of vain glory, and a passing through the… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Mithridates, he died old. Housman's passage is based on the belief of the ancients that Mithridates the Great [c. 135-63 B.C.] had… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so, Having a thousand tongues t' allure him And but one… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal. Her giving to man… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I mean, is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring'… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The mind-is not the heart. I may yet live, as I know others live, To wish in vain to let go with… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
As we maintain the vigil of peace, we must remember that justice is a vigil, too - a vigil we must keep… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Life is a smoke that curls- Curls in a flickering skein, That winds and whisks and whirls, A figment thin and vain,… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys. — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm haunted by the thought that we only have one life and we live it provisionally, waiting in vain for the… — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
Contact lenses are for vain, weak-willed piglets who swan around showing off: 'Look everybody, I can see without spectacles. No one at… — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
Whether a man lives or dies in vain can be measured only by the way he faces his own problems, by the… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Babaji's spiritual state is beyond human comprehension. The dwarfed vision of men cannot pierce to his transcendental star. One attempts in vain… — Sri Yukteswar Giri Copy Share Image
Natura nihil agit frustra [Nature does nothing in vain] is the only indisputible axiom in philosophy. There are no grotesques in nature;… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
I've had to gain weight for roles and ugly myself up for roles. So yeah, I'm game. I'm game for that kind… — Jewel Staite Copy Share Image
You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero!... I… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
In vain have oceans been squandered on you, in vain the sun, wonderfully seen through Whitman’s eyes. You have used up the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vain-I find no sea room-but in great souls I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By the toll of a billion deaths man has bought his birthright of the earth, and it is his against all comers;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
So soon did we, wayfarers, begin to learn that man's life is rounded with the same few facts, the same simple relations… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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![“Mithridates, he died old. Housman's passage is based on the belief of the ancients that Mithridates the Great [c. 135-63 B.C.] had so saturated his body with poisons that none could injure him. When captured by the Romans he tried in vain to poison himself, then ordered a Gallic mercenary to kill…” quote by A. E. Housman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a18/a-e-housman-8360_belief_mithridates-he-died-old-housman-s-passag_1154685.png)
![“I mean, is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me I'd rather [my daughters] were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny - a thousand things, before 'thin'…” quote by J. K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4dc/j-k-rowling-2-683_boring_i-mean-is-fat-really-the-worst-thing-a-h_1770130.jpg)
![“Natura nihil agit frustra [Nature does nothing in vain] is the only indisputible axiom in philosophy. There are no grotesques in nature; not any thing framed to fill up empty cantons, and unncecessary spaces.” quote by Thomas Browne](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/938/thomas-browne-2006_axiom_natura-nihil-agit-frustra-nature-does-no_2064594.png)
