Vain Quotes

986 Vain quotes by 692 unique authors

All of your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be vain if at the same time you did not build your character… — Mahatma Gandhi
In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or… — Denis Diderot
The servant carries the bags of money on his head, but it goes to his master's house, and he receives only pain. The man sits… — Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Money spent on the mind is never spent in vain. — Proverb
I think about you in every moment and every image of you hurts me horribly. I want to feel every thought, every whisper you say… — Sorin Cerin
Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power… — Dalai Lama
You're obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions you find absurd. You live attached in a cowardly fashion to moral and social conventions you… — Octave Mirbeau
For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
For the memory of love is sweet, though the love itself were in vain. And what I have lost of pleasure, assuage what I find… — Unknown Author
It is occasionally possible to charge Hell with a bucket of water, but against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. — Unknown Author
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. — Proverb
Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain. — Friedrich Von Schiller
If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one life the Aching Or cool one… — Emily Dickinson
A sign of growing old is when interviewers start asking you,What would you do differently if you had your life to live over again? I… — Federico Fellini
Concerning God, free will and destiny: Of all that earth has been or yet may be, all that vain men imagine or believe, or hope… — William Shakespeare
In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life is made, the black vein of destiny reappears continually. — Victor Hugo
Then who are we, the blind ones and the blind folded, that do not know if we are on the side of the edge or… — Sorin Cerin
He does not live in vain; who employs his wealth, his thought, and his speech to advance the good of others — Hindu Proverb
We in this country, in this generation, are--by destiny rather than choice--the watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The seven things I hate about you: Youre vain, your games, youre insecure. You love me, you like her. You make me laugh, you make… — Miley Cyrus
Positive words left unsaid are like sachets of currency notes burnt in vain. Positive deeds left undone are like deep wells filled with soil to… — Suman Rai
It hurts to love in vain, hurts even more to know that the one you love is loving someone else. But what hurts most is… — Superman
No more words, no more lies. Let it go, before it dies. Hear the words, feel the pain. Last of love, dies in vain. Sweet… — Superman
Its out of the blue,when I met you under one's breath,i call for you i seen everything in vain but ill gonna have you in… — Catherine Chatto
Oh I'm Sorry girl . For causing you much pain. Yeah Didn't mean to make you cry. Make your efforts all in vain. And I… — Unknown Author

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