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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their read more
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
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.
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.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
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.
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.
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,
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.
