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Vain Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.
- SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady…
- DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number --just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.…
- WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be…
More Vain Quotes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain. — Jane Austen
- Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. — Abu Bakr
- Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he… — P T Barnum
- The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. — James M. Barrie
- If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater… — Joseph Addison
- To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. — Max Beerbohm
- I'm glad I haven't lived in vain. — Saul Bellow
- You've got to have an ego as big as Mars to want to think that you, of all people, are better than… — Jello Biafra