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The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
 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, 
 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, 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. 
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit is incompatible with understanding
Conceit is incompatible with understanding
 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. 
 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of 
a fool than of him.  
 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of 
a fool than of him.