Conceit Quotes
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Humility is the worst form of conceit.
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There is simple ignorance, which is the source of lighter offenses, and double ignorance, which is accompanied by a conceit of wisdom.
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The difference between self-confidence and conceit is as simple as love and fear. Jesus was self-confident ... Hitler was afraid.
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Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.
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Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.
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One in whose head is conceit, Think not that he will ever listen to truth.
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So the dubbed conceit Played nursery of cheat To clear the I of sleet....
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Conceit is a fog that envelops a man's real character beyond his own recognition. It weakens his native ability and strengthens all his inconsistencies.
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Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
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Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes.
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One whom the music of his own vain tongue doth ravish like enchanting harmony.
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They are but beggars that can count their worth.
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The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a God discerning eye, He would see that no one is weaker than himself.
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The less their ability, the more their conceit.
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We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.
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People think that I'm conceited, and I'm not a nice person.
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To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.
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Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.
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In the marginalia ... we talk only to ourselves; we therefore talk freshly - boldly - originally - with abandonment - without conceit.
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I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.
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Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they've got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.
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Conceit and arrogance are acquired states of mind. Conquer acquired states of mind, and basic sanity can unfold. Passion and willfulness are part of false consciousness; erase false consciousness, and true consciousness will appear.
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There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
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Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
