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Vain Quotes by Blaise Pascal
- We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know first principles, and…
- [Unbelievers] think they have made great efforts to get at the truth when they have spent a few hours in reading some book out of…
- How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all.
- Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even abominable, and bids him desire to be like God. Without such a counterpoise,…
- How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals.
- How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals are not admired.
- We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to…
- Anyone who does not see the vanity of the world is very vain himself. So who does not see it, apart from young people whose…
More Vain Quotes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. — James M. Barrie
- I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun… — Ben Affleck
- The whole history of these books (i.e. the Gospels) is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry… — Thomas Jefferson
- So is not mathematical analysis then not just a vain game of the mind? To the physicist it can only give a… — Henri Poincare
- All possible truth is practical. To ask whether our conception of chair or table corresponds to the real chair or table apart… — G. Stanley Hall
- Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or… — Alexander Pope
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen