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Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
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, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
They are but beggars that can count their worth;
But my true love is grown to such excess
I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.
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.
These signs have marked me extraordinary,
And all the courses of my life do show
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These signs have marked me extraordinary,
And all the courses of my life do show
I am not in the roll of common men.
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.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of
a fool than of him.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of
a fool than of him.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
Conceit is God's gift to little men
Conceit is God's gift to little men