[...] But then, What is not vain, by God, in lives of men? All is in vain! We play at blind man's buff Until hard edges break into out path. Man life's is error. Where, then, is relief? In shedding tears or wrestling down my grief?
I'm not vain, I'm insecure.
Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certa...
...And although thus short, we shorten many ways, Living so little while we are alive; In eating, drinking, sleeping, vain delight So unawares comes on perpetual night, And puts all pleasures vain unto eternal flight.
She consoled herself with the thought that the pictures were graphic enough to shake people up, stop them being complacent about what was happening, and if that meant the war would end sooner, those two deaths weren't in vain. As she hoped, with less...
On vain epätäydellisyyttä, jossa on ripaus iloa.
I'm an actor; I'm vain - you want to look good.
Nature does nothing in vain.
I find that men are far more vain than women.
I don't get self-conscious. I'm not vain in that way.
Dragons are notable for their lust for gold, not a bad quality taken in moderation. Dragons are immune to fire, obviously. All dragons are terrifically vain, indeed as to who is more vain, a dragon or an elf, I would not want to be the one to decide....
In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let us alone: those monsters created by the heart, those illusions produced by the mind, those vain specters that are our err...
I am afraid of those who are too simple on the outside; for their vanities they wear upon their hearts. Better to meet a person who wears their vanities out in the open where you can see them! Than one who hides them in their hearts! For it is the st...
I do not allow myself vain regrets or foreboding.
I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.
Men are just as vain as women, and sometimes even more so.
It is vain futility to analyze the algebra of time.
And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
I don't think I'm vain... but I do like to be lit well.
I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.
