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Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever read more
Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.
Conceit is God's gift to little men
Conceit is God's gift to little men
Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.
Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.
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.
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?
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,
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.
He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained read more
He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Selflove seems so often unrequited.
