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The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
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,
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 is God's gift to little men
Conceit is God's gift to little men
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.
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, 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.
