Quotes by Vain Nature forms us in a certain manner, both inwardly and outwardly, and it is in vain to attempt to alter it. Lady Hester Stanhope vain essence identity Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, labor in vain. Leonardo da Vinci inspired vain labor And I never believed that the multitude / of dreams and many words were vain. Li-Young Lee multitudes vain dream O speculators about perpetual motion, how many vain chimeras have you created in the like quest? Go and take your place with the seekers after gold. Leonardo da Vinci quests vain gold I am vain, or once was, and one of my vanities was to feign that I was not. Lionel Shriver vanity vain I only know we loved in vain; I only feel-farewell! farewell! Lord Byron vain farewell love Our life must once have end; in vain we fly Lucretius vain fate life It is in vain for us to devise schemes by which competition can be put out of civilized life. Competition is the condition of life. Lyman Abbott schemes vain competition Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control. Marcus Aurelius checks vain reason I'm not vain, I'm insecure. Mariah Carey insecure vain As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists. Marianne Moore congruence vain butterfly I do not allow myself vain regrets or foreboding. Mary Boykin Chesnut foreboding vain regret To ask me is in vain; Mary Howitt stairs ask-me vain Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action. Mahatma Gandhi vain prayer action A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. Mary Wollstonecraft vain humble men O strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now? For that force, Surely, has not been left vain! Matthew Arnold vain strong soul Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice. Matthew Henry vain practice Nothing is made in vain, but the fly came near it. Mark Twain vain made If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Max Ehrmann bitter vain may Life itself was only futility, vain words, a squabble of cap and bells. Michel Foucault bells vain futility-of-life «1234567891011»
