Egotism Quotes
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Foppery is the egotism of clothes.
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Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.
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To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves; let us be above such transparent egotism. If you can't say good and encouraging things, say nothing. Nothing is often a good thing to do, and always a clever thing to say.
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Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.
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Opinions scattered indiscriminately about leave the mark of egotism.
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Egotism is the tongue of vanity.
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Mastery is often taken for egotism.
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Egotism erects its center in itself; love places it out of itself in the axis of the universal whole. Love aims at unity, egotismat solitude. Love is the citizen ruler of a flourishing republic, egotism is a despot in a devastated creation.
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Let us admit, without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct interests and can, without felony, stipulate for those interests and defend them. The present has its pardonable amount of egotism; momentary life has its claims, and cannot be expected to sacrifice itself incessantly to the future. The generation which is in its turn passing over the earth is not forced to abridge its life for the sake of the generations, its equals after all, whose turn shall come later on.
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A man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man's natural tendency is to egotism. Man, in his infancy of knowledge, thinks that all creation was formed for him.
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There is a serious and resolute egotism that makes a man interesting to his friends and formidable to his opponents.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism.
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I know perfectly well my own egotism.
