Vain are the thousand creeds That move men's hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the boundless main. — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
Rough wind, the moanest loud Grief too sad for song; Wild wind, when sullen cloud Knells all the night long; Sad storm,… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Shed not for her a bitter tear; Nor give the heart to vain regret. Tis but the casket that lies here; the… — Belle Starr Copy Share Image
I have done what I could do in life, and if I could not do better, I did not deserve it. In… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
I realized through my personal travels how little I know about certain conflicts, because I was too vain or self-absorbed to ask… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
Vanity is easily forgiven, for we are all vain, and even as we laugh at the weakness of others we feel that… — Arthur Lynch Copy Share Image
When I am dead, no pageant train shall waste their sorrows at my bier. Nor worthless pomp of homage vain stain it… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
“Don't complain. It's just a way of explaining your pains for no gains. Wake up to your calling... Wear a positive move… — Israelmore Ayivor 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
“He knows how to market himself well. Nowadays, that's all that seems to count. He's rebellious in a way that appeals to… — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
Moderation is caused by the fear of exciting the envy and contempt which those merit who are intoxicated with their good fortune;… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
This, then, is the truth of the discourse of universal human rights: the Wall separating those covered by the umbrella of Human… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
No U.S. soldier ever dies in vain because they're carrying out the missions of their commander in chief. And we honor all… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others difficult to satisfy; He asks… — Napoleon Bonaparte 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
A glamorous life is quite different to a life of luxury. I don’t need luxury. For years, I was practically broke but… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of… — Ralph Adams Cram Copy Share Image
I love a serious preacher, who speaks for my sake and not for his own; who seeks my salvation, and not his… — Jean Baptiste Massillon Copy Share Image
Many have a vague idea that they must make some wonderful effort in order to gain the favor of God. But all… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Vain is the hope of finding pleasure in that which one has hitherto disdained; as when the warrior hopes to find pleasure… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I think my whole living in vain involves me. I know that the biggest help for me is to help someone else… — Evander Holyfield Copy Share Image
Now, I'm not very vain. If I'd ever been, making my living covered in various grease and dirt mixtures would have cured… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
I brewed potions in a vain search for life everlasting, I read books, I sang songs of history, And today I've come… — Hanshan Copy Share Image
People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Actors can be many things - vain, venal, self-serving, obnoxious, bullies - but all of the good ones are great storytellers. I… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he… — Emma Willard Copy Share Image
Not to be vain, but I have nice long legs, so I like to accentuate them. Find what part of your body… — Khloe Kardashian Copy Share Image
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
A computer can be a useful and indispensable tool. But if we allow it to devour our time with vain, unproductive, and… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
People are terrible. They do terrible things to each other, they hurt each other, they lie, they're vain, they're shallow, they're violent… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
If you love men and they are unfriendly, look into your love; if you rule men and they are unruly, look into… — Mencius 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
The war was about vanity, he said. It was about old men who couldn't look in the mirror anymore and so they… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to… — Omar Khayyam 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
Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature, thrown down from her proper state, and… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
