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“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
“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
“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
“He labors vainly, who endeavors to please every person”
Latin Proverb
““Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.””
Carlos Castaneda
“Pythagoras, Locke, Socrates -- but pages might be filled up, as vainly as before, with the sad usage of all sorts of sages, who in his life-time, each was deemed a bore! The loftiest minds outrun their tardy ages.”
Lord Byron
“Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.”
Bible
“Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; / Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.”
Lord Lyttelton
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