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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.
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.
Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever read more
Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.
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 in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit is God's gift to little men
Conceit is God's gift to little men
He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.
He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can
render a reason.
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can
render a reason.