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,

Conceit is God's gift to little men

Conceit is God's gift to little men

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

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.

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.

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.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.