“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
“Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; / Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.”
Lord Lyttelton
“Nothing is wasted, nothing is in vain: / The seas roll over but the rocks remain.”
A. P. Herbert
“The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vainIf learning's altar vanish from the plain.”
William Ellery Channing
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
Henry David Thoreau
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”
Peter F. Drucker
“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain”
William Shakespeare
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