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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.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
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.
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.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
For what are they all in their high conceit,
When man in the bush with God may meet?
For what are they all in their high conceit,
When man in the bush with God may meet?
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.
Conceit is incompatible with understanding
Conceit is incompatible with understanding
