We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!" Vain hopes that fall like… — Richard Watson Gilder Copy Share Image
False modesty is the masterpiece of vanity: showing the vain man in such an illusory light that he appears in the reputation… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
What the sense feeleth, what the spirit discerneth, hath never its end in itself. But sense and spirit would fain persuade thee… — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
It is scarcely exaggeration to say that if one is not a little mad about Balzac at twenty, one will never live;… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
All we had was her room, her stories, and the quiet that settled in as we tried in vain to spread ourselves… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
I was brought up to do my duty. Not to be vain, not to shout from the rooftops about my virtues -… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people… — Stella Blum Copy Share Image
What is there in places empty of matter? and Whence is it that the sun and planets gravitate toward one another without… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
The question eventually must be raised: Is it a criminal offense to take the name of the Lord in vain? When people… — Gary North 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
My dream is to be Endora in Bewitched. That's the part I want to do. I want to do a fabulous old… — Jackee Harry Copy Share Image
He had her in his arms, her face like a wet flower at his lips, and all their vain terrors shriveling up… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
All Empires fall, All ages die, All strife shall be in vain. All Kings go down, All hope must fail, But Tanelorn… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
The lover's pleasure is in the pleasure of the beloved. The lover is satisfied when the beloved is fed. The lover is… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years!I am so weary of toil and of tears,-Toil without recompense, tears all in vain!Take… — Elizabeth Chase Allen Copy Share Image
Nature always springs to the surface and manages to show what she is. It is vain to stop or try to drive… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
Mathematicians have tried in vain to this day to discover some order in the sequence of prime numbers, and we have reason… — Leonhard Euler Copy Share Image
Vain man is apt to think we were merely intended for the world's propagation and to keep its human inhabitants sweet and… — Hannah Woolley Copy Share Image
Drawn by conceit from reason's plan How vain is that poor creature man; How pleas'd in ev'ry paltry elf To grate about… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
“Actually, I'm really quite vain about the whole problem because I figure there is no competition - I am what I am,… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
Beauty was empty as a gourd, vain as a parakeet. But it had power. It smelled of musk and oranges and made… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
Nor was I the only one struggling.To live an ordinary life, like any ordinary person, must have been the vain dream of… — Sayo Masuda Copy Share Image
The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role -- unless you're just vain about celebrity.… — Jonny Lee Miller Copy Share Image
If the Constitution is worth anything, if the Declaration of Independence is worth anything, if the boys who died on the field… — Dennis Chavez Copy Share Image
In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech.… — Eliphas Levi Copy Share Image
His kingdom come!" For this we pray in vain, Unless He does in our affections reign. How fond it were to wish… — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An'… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is better to understand a part of truth and apply it to our lives than to understand nothing at all and… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
That you are fair or wise is vain, Or strong, or rich, or generous; You must have also the untaught strain That… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If thou neglectest thy love to thy neighbor, in vain thou professest thy love to God; for by thy love to God,… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Listen to your heart and not your ego. Your ego prompts you to boast of vain assertions to obtain the glory of… — Abdul-Qadir Gilani Copy Share Image
Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our… — William Law Copy Share Image
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