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Conceit is God's gift to little men
Conceit is God's gift to little men
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,
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
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
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.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained read more
He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Selflove seems so often unrequited.
