Belief Quote by Anonymous

Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair, for it…

— Khalil Gibran

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

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

— Max Beerbohm

Vain is the word of a philosopher which does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine…

— Epicurus

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

Vain is equivalent to empty; thus vanity is so miserable a thing, that one cannot give it a worse name than its own. It…

— Nicolas Chamfort

Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.

— Francis Bacon

In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let us alone:…

— Anonymous

“How vain are all these Glories, all our Pains, Unless good Sense preserve what Beauty gains: That Men may say, when we the Front-box…

— Alexander Pope

What is done in vain

— Kevin Rudolf

The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.

— William Hazlitt

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

— Luc de Clapiers