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Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
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,
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.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
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?
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.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
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.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can
render a reason.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can
render a reason.