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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.
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.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
Conceit is God's gift to little men
Conceit is God's gift to little men
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.
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, 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.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
