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• Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good; a shining gloss that fadeth suddenly; a flower that dies when it begins to bud; a doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, lost, faded, broken, dead within an hour.

  William Shakespeare

  Beauty, Flower, Glasses

  William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.940

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

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Wise, Men, Doe

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• So let us here resolve that Dag Hammarskjold did not live, or die, in vain. Let us call a truce to terror. Let us invoke the blessings of peace. And, as we build an international capacity to keep peace, let us join in dismantling the national capacity to wage war.

  John F. Kennedy

  Peace, War, Blessing

  Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 25 September 1961

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• That peace, safety, and concord may be the portion of our native land, and be long enjoyed by our fellow-citizens, is the most ardent wish of my heart, and if I can be instrumental in procuring or preserving them, I shall think I have not lived in vain.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Peace, Heart, Thinking

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1859). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence”, p.378

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• We in this country, in this generation, areby destiny rather than choicethe watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, good will toward men. That must always be our goal, and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

  John F. Kennedy

  Country, Peace, Wall

  Undelivered Speech to the Dallas Citizens Council, delivered 22 November 1963, Trade Mart, Dallas, Texas

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• Vain, very vain, my weary search to find
  That bliss which only centers in the mind.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Happiness, Mind

  "Collected Works".

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• I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive like a wildflower when these favour, and when they do not, it is in vain to look for it.

  William Wordsworth

  Spring, Power, Men

  William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1907). “Letters of the Wordsworth family from 1787 to 1855”

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• You know what I am going to say. I love you. What other men may mean when they use that expression, I cannot tell; what I mean is, that I am under the influence of some tremendous attraction which I have resisted in vain, and which overmasters me.

  Charles Dickens

  Love, Mean, Men

  Charles Dickens (2016). “Our Mutual Friend”, p.528, Charles Dickens

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• We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

  William Shakespeare

  Light, Lamps, Waste

  William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.60, Classic Books Company

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• You should know how many incompetent men I had to compete with-in vain.

  Inge Lehmann

  Men, Ignorant People, Incompetence

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• You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Stars, Light, Trying

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It sounds vain, but I could probably make a difference for almost everyone I ever met if I chose to involve myself with them either professionally or personally.

  Kevin Costner

  Differences, Making A Difference, Sound

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• I think you have to earn beauty. You can use it or abuse it however you want when you`re young. It`s a God-given gift. You have a visiting card - you can go into any room and someone will come and talk to you. But I`ve always thought from very early on that you have to be careful with that - not being vain or narcissistic. Have fun, but don`t be obsessed with it.

  Charlotte Rampling

  Fun, Thinking, Abuse

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It sounds cliched, but superheroes can be lonely, vain, arrogant and proud. Often they overcome these human frailties for the greater good.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Lonely, Superhero, Overcoming

  "Superheroes movies like Avengers Assemble should not be scorned" by Tom Hiddleston, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2012.

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

  Tracey Gold

  Believe, Reason, Happens

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• Arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. I have been called all of these. Of course, I am.

  Howard Cosell

  Arrogant, Obnoxious, Pompous

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• I'm not so vain as to believe that my involvement changes anything whatsoever.

  Danny Glover

  Believe, Involvement

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• I don't pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself...and I'm too vain to play anything I think is bad.

  Miles Davis

  Thinking, Play, Attention

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• Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Sacrifice, Air, Sea

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• Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique.

  Peter Ustinov

  Music, Unique, Pavarotti

  The Independent, September 12, 1993.

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• I find that men are far more vain than women.

  Patricia Arquette

  Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain unless you've used up all the other four-letter words.

  W. C. Fields

  Names, Four, Letters

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

  Antonio Porchia

  Looks, Path, Ifs

  "Voices". Book by Antonio Porchia, 1943.

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• Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, God, Names

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.41, 谷月社

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• Whatsoever you are waiting for, you are waiting in vain. It is not going to happen, and what is going to happen has nothing to do with your expectations and your desires. You just let it come in; don't block the way. Remove yourself out of your own way. This time, with no expectations, no desires, no hopes, just meditate.

  Rajneesh

  Block, Expectations, Waiting

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