A great deal of what passes by the name of patriotism in these days consists of the merest bigotry and narrow-mindedness; exhibiting… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Happiness doesn't lie in conspicuous consumption and the relentless amassing of useless crap. Happiness lies in the person sitting beside you and… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
Those who draw their sustenance from science are blessed. It is for me to only derive an occasional pleasure. This is nothing… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I have frequently noticed in myself a tendency to a diffuse style; a disposition to push my metaphors too far, employing a… — Sidney Lanier Copy Share Image
It is the folly of weak-minded people, to imagine they are what flattery or conceit represents them; and that it is useless… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
It is the utterly destructive quality. When you say vanity, you are thinking of the kind that admires itself in mirrors and… — Josephine Tey Copy Share Image
Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
We have heard of a Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. It is said that knowledge is power, and the like.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The sea is masculine, the type of active strength. Look, what egg-shells are drifting all over it, each one, like ours, filled… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Satirical writers and speakers are not half so clever as they think themselves, nor as they are thought to be. They do… — James Sharp Copy Share Image
The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual… — Joseph Altuzarra Copy Share Image
I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with… — Bill W Copy Share Image
If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The pretender sees no one but himself, Because he has the veil of conceit in front; If he were endowed with a… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
There was never an angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him. — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, If you will not lend me the money, how can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Some people', Miss R. said,'run to conceits or wisdom but I hold to the hard, brown, nutlike word. I might point out… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“Arrogance is perhaps the most socially acceptable form of sin in the church today. In this culture of abundance, one of the… — David Kinnaman Copy Share Image
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. wThis is the first step towards… — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Copy Share Image
