Vain Quotes

986 Vain quotes by 692 unique authors

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain. — Bodhidharma
The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role - unless you're just vain about celebrity. — Jonny Lee Miller
1 - 2 - 3 To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's. William Penn To be like… — William Penn
In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain. — Phaedrus
In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made,… — Frederick William Robertson
In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place to-day, it… — Alexander Smith
Looks are temporary and don't mirror what's inside. And usually, a great looking man is so vain. Maybe most good-looking women are too. I hope… — Dorothy Stratten
Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain: By this the… — Samuel Butler
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all. — Oscar Wilde
You might try then, as I did, to find a sky so full of stars it will blind you again. Only no sky can blind… — Mark Danielewski
Unless what we do is useful, glory is vain — Latin Proverb
The one who woke up thinking he lives for nothing, has lost a night in vain. — Mariana Fulger
The one who did not understood that his times root supports his life tree was born in vain. — Sorin Cerin
That they (the powers of heaven) may be conferred upon us, it is true; but when we undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify… — Joseph Smith
In time. In vain. I wash my hands of yesterday. — Black Veil Brides
Love, so many people use the word in vain (Love). When it's conveinent to get what they need. — Unknown Author
I am in the needle in your vain, I am the high you can't sustain. I am the pusher, I am a whore, I am… — Nine Inch Nails
What is done in vain — Kevin Rudolf
Devoted life to the dream of lights and fortune and fame. I might just gain the vision, or just might be livin in vain. — Jean Grae
The multitudes are searching, and wandering in vain, for what they seek cannot be found in men. — Kansas
Girl, you're so vain, you probably think that this song is about you. — Mike Posner
If you believe in this world no one has died in vain — Julian Casablancas
I don't wanna way in vain for your love — Bob Marley
Tell the Devil that he can go back from where he came. His fiery arrows drew their bead in vain. — Brandon Flowers
Can't I take away all this pain. I try to every night, all in vain. — Unknown Author

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