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To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.
To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.
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.
Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is read more
Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.
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,
Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever read more
Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.
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.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
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.
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.