“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
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
Henry David Thoreau
“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain”
William Shakespeare
“Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past”
Chinese Proverbs
“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
“He labors vainly, who endeavors to please every person”
Latin Proverb
“It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it”
Charlotte Bronte
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