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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.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
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.
He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.
He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.
I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they
carry their comfort about with them.
I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they
carry their comfort about with them.
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,
Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own,
Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge
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Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own,
Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge
Such as none other hath, when they are known,
They are found shallow.
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 in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
