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Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
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.
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.
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?
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.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
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,