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I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.
He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.
He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.
Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.
Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
They are read more
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.
Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.
Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained read more
He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Selflove seems so often unrequited.
Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep.
Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep.
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.
