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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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Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things,
but condescend to men of low estate. read more

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things,
but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own
conceits.

by Bible Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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.

by Sophocles 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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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.

by William Shakespeare 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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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.

by Hannah More Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they
carry their comfort about with them.

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they
carry their comfort about with them.

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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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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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