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    Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.

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Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

by Alain Rene Lesage Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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.

by Alexandre Dumas Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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Conceit is God's gift to little men

Conceit is God's gift to little men

by Bruce Barton Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by Georg C. Lichtenberg Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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?

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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,

by John Ruskin Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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.

by Anthony Powell Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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