“What, start at this! when sixty years have spread Their grey experience o'er thy hoary head? Is this the all observing age could gain? Or hast thou known the worl so long in vain?”
Contributed by: Andy James
John Dryden
“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain”
William Shakespeare
“Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.”
Chanakya
“Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past”
Chinese Proverbs
““Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.””
Carlos Castaneda
