One whom the music of his own vain tongue doth ravish like enchanting harmony. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
It is vain to be always looking toward the future and never acting toward it. — John Frederick Boyes Copy Share Image
It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the heights of Parnassus if he does not feel the secret… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
The whole strenuous intellectual work of an industrious research worker would appear, after all, in vain and hopeless, if he were not… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
In vain these economic royalists seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We feign pity when we want to demonstrate our ascendancy over feelings of hostility: but usually in vain. Whenever we notice this,there… — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
While Thee I seek, protecting Power, Be my vain wishes stilled; And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be filled. — Helen Maria Williams Copy Share Image
In pageants, you are evaluated from head to toe and its obviously all about looks, and as vain as that is, they… — Katherine Webb Copy Share Image
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
If you strive to find your Self by using your mind, you will strive and strive in vain, because the mind cannot… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
My definition of bad-ass is that I'm a force of nature and true spirit. I'm self-admitting that, and it sounds vain to… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, labor in vain. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Wherefore all theology, when separated from Christ, is not only vain and confused, but is also mad, deceitful, and spurious; for, though… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair,… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that 'except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the companion of… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
The severity of penalties is only a vain resource, invented by little minds in order to substitute terror for that respect which… — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms.… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Fernanda, on the other hand, looked for it in vain along the paths of her everyday itinerary without knowing that the search… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
