Leave those
vain moralists, my friend, and return to the depth of your soul: that is where you will always rediscover the source of the sacred fire which so often inflamed us with love of the sublime virtues; that is where you will see the eternal image of true beauty, the contemplation of which inspires us with a holy enthusiasm. (La Nouvelle Heloise)
View quotes by Jean Jacques RousseauNothing makes one so
vain than being told one is a sinner
View quotes by Oscar Wilde'It sounds
vain, but I could probably make a difference for almost everyone I ever met if I chose to involve myself with them either professionally or personally.'
View quotes by Kevin CostnerFrom this amphibious ill-born mob began
That
vain, ill-natured thing, an Englishman. (The True-Born Englishman)
View quotes by Daniel DefoeThe cry of the Little Peoples goes up to God in
vain,
For the world is given over to the cruel sons of Cain.
View quotes by Richard Le GallienneOf all pains, the greatest pain Is to love, and love in
vain (The happiest mortals once we were)
View quotes by George GranvilleIt is in
vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
View quotes by Charlotte BronteAll speech is
vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.
View quotes by DemosthenesIt is in
vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
View quotes by AesopIt is
vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
View quotes by Jacob BronowskiPain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in
vain.
View quotes by Kahlil GibranOur plesance here is all
vain glory,
This fals world is but transitory,
The flesh is bruckle, the Feynd is slee:
Timor Mortis conturbat me.
View quotes by William DunbarI think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are
vain, greedy and insecure.
View quotes by Kenneth BranaghOften the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in
vain.
View quotes by Carl Gustav JungIf I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in
vain.
View quotes by Emily DickinsonBigger the cricket here: yet some who tried
In
vain to earn a colour while at Eton
Have found a place upon an England side
Which can't be beaten.
View quotes by E W HornungA
vain, idle and sinful game at which there was much of the language of the accursed going on [on tennis]
View quotes by James HoggTo say that a man is
vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.
View quotes by Max BeerbohmOne of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in
vain. You will have entertained us.
View quotes by Kurt VonnegutIt is
vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.
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