"No endeavour is in vain; Its reward is in the doing."
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"What the sense feeleth, what the spirit discerneth, hath never its end in itself. But sense and spirit would fain persuade thee that they are the end of all things: so vain are they."
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"And I never believed that the multitude / of dreams and many words were vain."
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"Nothing is made in vain, but the fly came near it."
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"I buy smoked mackerel in a vain attempt at being healthy. I do actually really like it, and you don't have to cook it, which is handy."
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"One says a lot in vain, refusing; The other mainly hears the "No.""
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"Waste not a day in vain digression; with resolute, courageous trust seek every possible impression and make it firmly your posession you'll then work on because you must."
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"I only know we loved in vain; I only feel-farewell! farewell!"
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