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1 I, 1 | pertinaciously adhering to vain superstitions, harden themselves 2 I, 10| Greece, but as looking in vain for her brothers only, he 3 I, 13| XIII. HOW VAIN AND TRIFLING ARE THE INTERPRETATIONS 4 I, 15| and showed the origin of a vain superstition. "Since, in 5 I, 20| priests for the worship of vain and senseless objects ? 6 I, 20| therefore understand how vain are their religions, even 7 I, 21| esteemed sacred are empty, vain, and fictitious. But if 8 I, 23| XXIII. OF THE AGES OF VAIN SUPERSTITIONS, AND THE TIMES 9 I, 23| ascertained the origin of vain superstitions, it remains 10 II, 1 | and altogether born in vain. For this notion drives 11 II, 2 | religion should be altogether vain and empty if they should 12 II, 2 | sought above. For as to those vain and fragile productions, 13 II, 3 | understand that they are vain, and yet you do the same 14 II, 4 | of immortality. It is in vain, therefore, that men set 15 II, 5 | therefore, is it, leaving vain and insensible objects, 16 II, 12| method is impossible and vain; if that can be called method 17 II, 18| religious rites of the gods are vain in a threefold manner: In 18 II, 18| these religious rites are vain in so many ways as I have 19 III, 2 | OF PHILOSOPHY, AND HOW VAIN WAS ITS OCCUPATION IN SETTING 20 III, 4 | that all are found to be vain and empty; and thus philosophy 21 III, 8 | sources of the Nile, or the vain dreams of the natural philosophers 22 III, 17| diseased. And thus the most vain poet, I do not say adorned, 23 III, 22| the world so foolish or so vain as to live in this manner.~ 24 III, 24| their folly, and defend one vain thing by another; but that 25 III, 30| have expended themselves in vain on false subjects, lest 26 IV, 11| us? The meting out is in vain; the scribes are deceived 27 IV, 13| house, they have laboured in vain that built it; except the 28 IV, 13| watchman hath waked but in vain."~ 29 IV, 14| them from their impious and vain worship to the knowledge 30 IV, 28| Virgil says:--~"Superstition vain, and ignorant of ancient 31 V, 1 | then? Will our labour be in vain? By no means. For if we 32 V, 1 | with religion, that that vain system may not at all injure 33 V, 2 | those who in former times in vain assailed it. When I was 34 V, 2 | of the body, nor wish in vain to endure cruel lacerations 35 V, 2 | he appeared senseless, vain, and ridiculous; because 36 V, 4 | which he plainly considered vain, fictitious, and false, 37 V, 14| But those followers of vain religions urge this with 38 V, 18| Thus their work, being vain and useless, was neglected: 39 V, 18| labours of this life in vain and to no purpose. But more 40 V, 20| their shrines and their vain mockeries; and since they 41 VI, 8 | nor forbids the good in vain, nor affects the wicked 42 VI, 9 | them he has laboured in vain. For all his justice will 43 VI, 9 | comply with virtues which in vain bring calamities and labours 44 VI, 12| property into the sea is vain and trifling, and very far 45 VI, 24| things are plainly most vain, but of those things which 46 VII, 1 | gone before should appear vain and unprofitable: if. we 47 VII, 1 | labours are undertaken in vain; while he distrusts their 48 VII, 1 | confess and hope for; but in vain, since He must return to 49 VII, 6 | superfluous, so empty, so vain, as the affairs of man, 50 VII, 6 | man is sustained, if it is vain, if we utterly perish, if 51 VII, 7 | way, and no philosopher so vain, as not to see something 52 VII, 7 | all others as false and vain, and arm themselves for