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«Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.»
«It is occasionally possible to charge Hell with a bucket of water, but against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain»
«Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never introduces a word, or a thought, in vain or out of place; if we do not understand him, it is our own fault»
«Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect.»
«On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.»
«Not vain the weakest, if their force unite.»
Author: Homer | Keywords: unite, vain, weakest
«Liberty without learning is always in peril and learning without liberty is always in vain»
«Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.»
«No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.»
«It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.»

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