The idea that human kind can shape the world according to wish is what I call the fatal conceit — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
“Do you really think that God in his heaven with all the angels, there from the beginning of time and looking towards… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that economics as… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
One thing that I've often done under the Projectors is build an album from a central conceit. — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
We would seldom be deceived by flattery, did our own conceit not promote the delusion. — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
When you go to church you are really listening-in to the secret wireless from out friends: that is why the enemy is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“I was accused of always acting superior. Always means being, not acting.” — Brian Spellman Copy Share Image
every generation has a conceit of itself which elevates it, in its own opinion, above that which comes after it. — Margaret Oliphant Copy Share Image
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the disappointment… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Conceit is a privilege of the ignorant; the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Conceit and arrogance are acquired states of mind. Conquer acquired states of mind, and basic sanity can unfold. Passion and willfulness are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
“Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
Conceit is a disease That the doctors got no cure They've done a lot of research on it But what it is,… — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
