Vain Quotes

986 Vain quotes by 692 unique authors

In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions. — James McHenry
But this emphasis would be lavished in vain, if it served, in your opinion, only to abstract a general type from phenomena whose particularity in… — Jacques Lacan
If we have a heart for the magnitudes of life, it will not seem vain to believe that God Himself should guard it. — George A. Smith
These are big trade-offs for a simple piece of cake - add five hundred calories, subtract well-being, allure, and self-esteem - and the feelings behind… — Caroline Knapp
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting… — George Orwell
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.… — Ambrose Bierce
A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to… — Abraham Cowley
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… — Ambrose Bierce
If the truth shall have made thee free, thou shalt not care for the vain words of men — Thomas Kempis
Let's make the best of the situation Before I finally go insane. Please don't say we'll never find a way And tell me all my… — Eric Clapton
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

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