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In vain he seeketh others to suppress, Who hath not learn'd himself first to subdue.

It is vain to keep a secret from one who has a right to know it. It will tell itself.

If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.

Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

We've got ourselves into a very vain state of society and there's more important things.

Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. Whenonce gone no gold can buy them back again.

I was brought up in a household where I was not allowed to take the Lord's name in vain.

I dream of living off the land completely - in vain, because the monkeys eat everything.

In vain sedate reflections we would make When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves.

Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.

All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain.

All Juleps are made for present use, and therefore it is in vain to speak of their duration.

Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.

Christ could be born a thousand times in Bethlehem - but all in vain until He is born in me.

Ah, cruel 'tis to love, And cruel not to love, But cruelest of all To love and love in vain.

Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e'en now, e'en now, we die.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

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

Every woman actress is somewhat vain, and I am, too. You really have to take care of yourself.

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

If someone calls me vain and mean, I know that he trusts me and has something to confess to me.

All is vanity and everybody's vain. Women are terribly vain. So are men - more so, if possible.

Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.

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

O strong soul, by what shore Tarriest thou now? For that force, Surely, has not been left vain!

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

It is vain to trust in wrong; as much of evil, so much of loss, is the formula of human history.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list.

In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions.

He who seeks for methods without having a definite problem in mind seeks in the most part in vain.

It really annoys me that I'm vain, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to discard that tendency.

To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.

I don't think anyone gets bored of being called good-looking. We are all vain in one way or another.

I can't let my mother's death have been in vain. Democracy is the best revenge, and we will have it.

And if you find everything as soon as you look for it, you find it in vain, you look for it in vain.

I have never been vain. I don't take myself seriously. I don't consider myself sexy or good-looking.

I think a lot of the world searches in vain for happiness in ways that will not bring them happiness.

All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless, it must be done by the Spirit.

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

I thought that he was righteous, but he's vain. Oh, somethings a telling me I wear the ball and chain.

World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.

I wanted at one point to act, which is a weird thing for men to want to do. It's a very vain profession.

I do not propose to add anything to what has already been written concerning the loss of the "Lady Vain."

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