(83 quotes found)
“Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson
“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain”
William Shakespeare
“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
Henry David Thoreau
“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
“Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.”
Leo Rosten
““Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.””
Carlos Castaneda
“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
“The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.”
Florence Nightingale
