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Conceit is incompatible with understanding
Conceit is incompatible with understanding
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
