The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one's self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The heart-throb for the welfare of humanity therefore passes into the ravings of an insane self-conceit, into the fury of consciousness to… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
In life, as on the stage, it's not who I am but what I do that's the measure of my worth and… — Stella Adler Copy Share Image
conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry. — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament: They are but beggars that can count… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
To illustrate the vain conceit that the universe must be somehow pre-ordained for us, because we are so well-suited to live in… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There's a whole lot of people in trouble tonight From the disease of conceit Whole lot of people seeing double tonight From… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
... perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation. — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. — Johnny Unitas Copy Share Image
Gradually compositions make an appearance again. Political - satirical - conceits expressed in one figure or a few. — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
Early risers are conceited in the morning and stupid in the afternoon. — Rose Henniker Heaton Copy Share Image
A lot of men who have accepted - or had imposed upon them in boyhood - the old English public school styles… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
A blessed thing it is to have a friend; one human soul whom we can trust utterly; who knows the best and… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
“She sounds like you, Mary Poppins,' said Michael. 'So terribly pleased with herself!” — P.L. Travers Copy Share Image
The miller imagines that the corn grows only to make his mill turn. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
No mind is so good that it does not need another mind to counter and equal it, and to save it from… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
James often wondered at the chain of flukes it must have taken to bring him through with his own life and limbs… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Pride comes before a fall - although in [Henry Kissinger's] case it's more conceit than pride. — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
When you see someone who is not as religious, remember that you were once on the edge of the fire, and it… — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Conceit is a fog that envelops a man's real character beyond his own recognition. It weakens his native ability and strengthens all… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
One whom the music of his own vain tongue doth ravish like enchanting harmony. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
![“Pride comes before a fall - although in [Henry Kissinger's]…” quote by Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b6a/mohammed-reza-pahlavi-12779_cases_pride-comes-before-a-fall-although-in-he_2330588.jpg)
