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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.
He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.
He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.
Conceit is God's gift to little men
Conceit is God's gift to little men
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
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.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
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.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
