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«When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.»
Author: Akhenaton | Keywords: brighter, charms, enlighten, in vain, lustre, modesty, resist
«Weep no more, lady, weep no more,Thy sorrow is in vain;For violets, plucked the sweetest showersWill ne'er make grow again.»
Author: Thomas Percy (Bishop) | Keywords: in vain, lady, plucked, showered, showering, showers, sweetest, violets, weep
«When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | About: Words | Keywords: in vain, scarce
«We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it.»
Author: Blaise Pascal (Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist) | About: Love | Keywords: conceal, in vain, matters, possibly, removed, secretly, seemingly, vain
«We are strange beings, we seem to go free, but we go in chains - chains of training, custom, convention, association, environment - in a word, Circumstance - and against these bonds the strongest of us struggle in vain»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: association, bonds, chains, circumstance, convention, custom, environment, free association, go in, in chains, in vain, strongest, struggle, The Association, the Convention, the conventions, training, vain
«You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore (Essayist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: cross, indulge, indulges, in vain, sea, standing, stares, staring, The Sea, The Water, vain, wishes
«We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: in vain, lamps, lights
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