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.

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.

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.

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

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.

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.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

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.

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,