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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.

by Alexandre Dumas Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Traherne Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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,

by John Ruskin Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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.

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Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.

by Ellen Terry Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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?

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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.

by Hannah More Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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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.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Conceit Quotes,
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