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Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
These signs have marked me extraordinary,
And all the courses of my life do show
I am read more
These signs have marked me extraordinary,
And all the courses of my life do show
I am not in the roll of common men.
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.
In men this blunder still you find,
All think their little set mankind.
In men this blunder still you find,
All think their little set mankind.
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.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
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.
