“But the vain man did not hear him. Vain men never hear anything but praise.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. — Aesop Copy Share Image
To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
And long we try in vain to speak and act Our hidden self, and what we say and do Is eloquent, is… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions. — James McHenry Copy Share Image
Men do not take to vanity, because they are taught at an early age that it is wrong to be vain. — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
What reason would grope for in vain, spontaneous impulse ofttimes achieves at a stroke, with light and pleasureful guidance. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Copy Share Image
In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd? No; the dead know it not,… — John Gay Copy Share Image
...many foolish persons, wanderers from other parts, have the vain fashion of graving their names and the obscure places whence they come,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
And all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love; and when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The aim of life is some way of living, as flexible and gentle as human nature; so that ambition may stoop to… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
“When reading the history of the Jewish people, of their flight from slavery to death, of their exchange of tyrants, I must… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
If for just the time of a finger-snap a monk produces a thought of loving-kindness, develops it, gives attention to it, such… — Gautama Buddha 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
It is vain to try and hide a bad spirit from the eyes of them who are spiritual, for it will show… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Vain men delight in telling what Honours have been done them, what great Company they have kept, and the like; by which… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Whosoever will list himself under the banner of Christ, must, in the first place and above all things, make war upon his… — John Locke Copy Share Image
![“The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind. [Lat., Quem neque gloria neque pericula excitant, nequidquam hortere; timor animi auribus officit.]” quote by Sallust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b57/sallust-4191_danger_the-man-who-is-roused-neither-by-glory-n_1194014.jpg)
