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Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.
Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.
Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.
- John Ruskin,
Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.
- John Ruskin,
Conceit is incompatible with understanding
Conceit is incompatible with understanding
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can
render a reason.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can
render a reason.
Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is read more
Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of
a fool than of him.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of
a fool than of him.
To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.
To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.