Top 25 Vain Quotes of 195 - Page 4

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Stupid, Ignorance, Vain

Friedrich Schiller (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Schiller (Illustrated)”, p.1912, Delphi Classics

If thou neglectest thy love to thy neighbor, in vain thou professest thy love to God; for by thy love to God, the love to thy neighbor is begotten, and by the love to thy neighbor thy love to God is nourished.

Francis Quarles

Charity, Neighbor, Vain

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (p.47), 1895.

If you are vain it is vain to sign your pictures and vain not to sign them. If you are not vain it is not vain to sign them and not vain not to sign them.

Fairfield Porter

Vanity, Vain, Ifs

It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.

Epicurus

Men, Vain, Capability

In the beginning there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.

Elie Wiesel

Illusion, Vain, Dangerous

Elie Wiesel (2012). “Night”, p.8, Macmillan

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals are not admired.

Blaise Pascal

Vanity, Painting, Vain

Yes, one must suffer, even in vain, so as not to have lived in vain.

Antonio Porchia

Adversity, Suffering, Vain

And not a vanity is given in vain.

Alexander Pope

Vanity, Vain, Given

Alexander Pope, George Croly (1854). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem. By the Rev. George Croly ... New Edition. [With a Portrait.]”, p.268

Why, all delights are vain; but that most vain, Which, with pain purchas'd, doth inherit pain.

William Shakespeare

Pain, Delight, Vain

William Shakespeare (2015). “Peines d’amour perdues”, p.38, Editions Gallimard

Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false warld is but transitory.

William Dunbar

World, Glory, Vain

"The Life and Poems of William Dunbar".

I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.

Tracey Gold

Believe, Reason, Vain

They never sought in vain that sought the Lord alright!

Robert Burns

Military, Lord, Vain

'The Cotter's Saturday Night' (1786) st. 6

I have lost my oil and my labor. (Labored in vain.) [Lat., Oleum et operam perdidi.]

Plautus

Oil, Vain, Lost

Life itself was only futility, vain words, a squabble of cap and bells.

Michel Foucault

Futility Of Life, Bells, Vain

Michel Foucault (2013). “Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason”, p.16, Vintage

Nature forms us in a certain manner, both inwardly and outwardly, and it is in vain to attempt to alter it.

Lady Hester Stanhope

Essence, Identity, Vain

Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (1845). “Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope: As Related by Herself in Conversations with Her Physician; Comprising Her Opinions and Anecdotes of Some of the Most Remarkable Persons of Her Time”, p.14

It is vain for painters... to endeavour to invent without materials on which the mind may work.

Joshua Reynolds

Mind, May, Vain

Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone (1809). “The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds”, p.158

In vain doth valour bleed, While Avarice and Rapine share the land.

John Milton

Land, Share, Vain

John Milton (1873). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Preliminary Dissertations on Each Poem, Notes Critical and Explanatory, an Index to the Subjects of Paradise Lost, and a Verbal Index to All the Poems”, p.482

Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.

John Milton

Wisdom, Philosophy, Vain

'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 2, l. 562

Who talks much, must talk in vain.

John Gay

Vain

John Gay (1863). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: With a Life of the Author”, p.5

It is better to understand a part of truth and apply it to our lives than to understand nothing at all and flounder helplessly in a vain attempt to pierce the mystery of existence.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Truth, Mystery, Vain

Jawaharlal Nehru (1968). “Glorious thoughts of Nehru: being a treasury of over twelve thousand invaluable and inspiring thoughts, views and observations of Jawaharlal Nehru, collected from his writings and speeches and classified under four hundred subjects”