Vain Quotes - Page 6
Thomas Gray (1836). “The works of Thomas Gray (ed. by J. Mitford).”, p.91
Even our smallest attempts are not in vain. We know that nothing is lost.
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Powers of The Mind”, p.21, editionNEXT.com
Strength diminishes when it seems we are spending it in vain.
Susan Glaspell (1940). “The morning is near us: a novel”, Stokes
it is so difficult not to become vain about one's own good luck.
Simone de Beauvoir (1977). “Force of circumstance”
Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy: Leviathan; Behemoth; Goliath”, p.1110, Simon and Schuster
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.22
Samuel Johnson (1839). “Dictionary of the English Language ...”
This is that rest this vain world lends, To end in death that all things ends.
Samuel Daniel (1718). “The Poetical Works of Mr. Samuel Daniel ...: To which is Prefix'd, Memoirs of His Life and Writings ...”, p.270
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1162, Library of Alexandria
1796 'It was a' for our rightfu' king', stanza 2.
It is vain to keep a secret from one who has a right to know it. It will tell itself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1317, Delphi Classics
It is no less vain to wish death than it is cowardly to fear it.
Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”
Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind.
"Collected Works".
Song: Love, Album: Aijuswanaseing, 2000
O strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now? For that force, Surely, has not been left vain!
Matthew Arnold (1994). “Dover Beach and Other Poems”, p.89, Courier Corporation
Mark Twain (2009). “Mark Twain’s Book of Animals”, p.23, Univ of California Press