I am vain, or once was, and one of my vanities was to feign that I was not. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
A vain man can never be altogether rude. Desirous as he is of pleasing, he fashions his manners after those of others. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.) [Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.] — Plautus Copy Share Image
I'm like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And I'm super-vain. — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
How foolish to wear oneself out in vain longing for warmth! Solitude is independence. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Man is the only animal for whom his own stupid existence is a problem which he has to try in vain to… — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain. — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile: In vain with… — Reginald Heber Copy Share Image
I try not to be but Im super-neurotic about diet. Im neurotic about trying not to be neurotic! Im like every other… — Gwen Stefani Copy Share Image
There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost; there will always be… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man… — Buddha Copy Share Image
I can't think of one person who is on TV who isn't vain. It's the nature of the beast. If you are… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
Man is always inclined to regard the small circle in which he lives as the center of the world and to make… — Ernst Cassirer Copy Share Image
People compose the schedules they do out of the priorities they have; and someone who says otherwise is deceiving himself about what… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
And I said couldn't we be more moderate? And he said why? And I said because I care about the team. And… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
Sweet is true love though given in vain, in vain; And sweet is death who puts an end to pain: I know… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Providence has so ordained it, that only two women have a true interest in the happiness of a man--his own mother, and… — Octave Feuillet Copy Share Image
A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes — I mean the universe — but we cannot… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
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