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«Conceit is God's gift to little men»
Author: Bruce Barton (Congressman) | About: Conceit | Keywords: conceit, conceits, with conceit
«Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed»
Author: Channing Pollock | About: Confidence | Keywords: conceit, greed, remote, self confidence
«[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination of architectural conceit and official bad taste. the Cathedral of Asphalt.»
Author: Robert Moses | About: Architecture | Keywords: architectural, asphalt, Bad Taste, conceit, hideous, inflicted, official, The Cathedral, waterfront
«Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.»
Author: Louisa May Alcott (Author) | Keywords: conceit, overlooked, Real Genius, spoils
«Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: conceit
«Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up»
Author: John Ruskin (Critic, Writer) | Keywords: conceit, prop, puff
«Conceit is incompatible with understanding»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker) | About: Conceit | Keywords: conceit, conceits, incompatible, understanding, with conceit
«As he submits to God's Will, and surrenders to the Creator, he is rid of selfishness and conceit. And when, O Nanak, he is merciful to all beings, only then shall he be called a Muslim.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib | Keywords: conceit, Muslim, submits, surrenders
«Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: body of work, conceit, weakest
«Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.»
Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | Keywords: beggars, brags, conceit, rich in, substance
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