I thought that he was righteous, but he's vain. Oh, somethings a telling me I wear the ball and chain. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
It is vain to think that we choose, that our own energy, our own intellect will create the possibility of us experiencing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The character is everything that I felt strongly against - she's superficial, materialistic, vain, amoral. She's all of these things and I… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
We may well ask, What causes induce us to believe in the existence of body? but 'tis vain to ask. Whether there… — David Hume Copy Share Image
A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
June falls asleep upon her bier of flowers; In vain are dewdrops sprinkled o'er her, In vain would fond winds fan her… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain,… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
In working well, if travail you sustain, Into the wind shall lightly pass the pain; But of the deed the glory shall… — Nicholas Grimald Copy Share Image
When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
My dear friend, do not imagine that I am vain enough to ascribe our success [Revolution] to any superiority . . .… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain. — Phaedrus Copy Share Image
Those things which make the infernal regions terrible, the darkness, the prison, the river of flaming fire, the judgment seat, are all… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Hereby we may understand that God, of His special grace, maketh the teachers of the gospel subject to the Cross, and to… — Martin Luther 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
We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
Identification with one's office or title is very attractive indeed, which is precisely why so many men are nothing more than the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
When you grow up as a girl, the world tells you the things that you are supposed to be: emotional, loving, beautiful,… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
She was in that highly-wrought state when the reasoning powers act with great rapidity: the state a man is in before a… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point of the universe. This idea is… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
