Conceit is God's gift to little men

Conceit is God's gift to little men

Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.

Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

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.

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 is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

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.

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.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.