You May Also Like / View all maxioms
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 is incompatible with understanding
Conceit is incompatible with understanding
Conceit is God's gift to little men
Conceit is God's gift to little men
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.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
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.
To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.
To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.
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.
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,