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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their read more
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.
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.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
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.
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.
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?
Conceit is God's gift to little men
Conceit is God's gift to little men
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
These signs have marked me extraordinary,
And all the courses of my life do show
I am read more
These signs have marked me extraordinary,
And all the courses of my life do show
I am not in the roll of common men.
