Boast Quote by Anonymous

Vain is the hope of finding pleasure in that which one has hitherto disdained; as when the warrior hopes to find pleasure in the…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.

— Sophocles

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

— Quintilian

Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

— Abu Bakr

A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never…

— William Penn

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

— Max Beerbohm

A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.

— Luc de Clapiers

“The earthly desires men cherish are shadows. There is no true happiness in fulfilling them. Why, then, do we continue to pursue joys without…

— Thomas Merton

The man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men…

— Charles Caleb Colton

I believe if we can wait long enough that every honorable sorrow will become a kind of joy.

— Corra May Harris

No virtue fades out of mankind. Not over-hopeful by inborn temperament, cautious by long experience, I yet never despair of human virtue.

— Theodore Parker

Hope is merely another face of desire.

— Christopher Moore