Enough of these phrases, conceit and metaphors, I want burning, burning, burning. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“At present, the developed countries condescend to the developing ones.” — George Soros Copy Share Image
There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Men are found to be vainer on account of those qualities which they fondly believe they have than of those which they… — Vincent Voiture Copy Share Image
Our vanities differ as our noses do: all conceit is not the same conceit, but varies in correspondence with the minutiae of… — George Eliot 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
It's one of the great gifts of having so little money that you are able to make these kinds of radical conceits… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
... perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation. — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
It is a fact which escapes no one, that, generally speaking, whoso is acquainted with his worth has but a little stock… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“Do you wish to speak in Provençal, French, or Latin? They are all I can manage, I'm afraid." "Any will do," the… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
What mortal is there of us, who would find his satisfaction enhanced by an opportunity of comparing the picture he presents to… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
If I see my films described as 'quirky' or, even worse, 'snarky' one more time, I'm going to probably seriously consider an… — Terry Zwigoff 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
A man is a fool who sits looking backward from himself in the past. Ah, what shallow, vain conceit there is in… — Henry Ward Beecher 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
Much of the research on the Nazi era makes a science out of distancing oneself from it or conjuring its demons. The… — Gotz Aly Copy Share Image
This is a terrible confession to make, but after I left the Army I had a number of things to try. I… — David Niven Copy Share Image
To let God make us, instead of painfully trying to make ourselves; to follow the path that his love shows us, instead… — Sarah Orne Jewett Copy Share Image
“The only time I've ever learned anything from a review was when John Lanchester wrote a piece in the Guardian about my… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and self-seeking and every thing that… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
“Katika maisha, kila mtu ni kiongozi na ni mfuasi pia kutegemeana na hali. Kiongozi hatakiwi kuwa na kiburi, wala hatakiwi kuwa na… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book… — Janet Morris 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
The need for sociability induce man to be in touch with his fellow men. However, this need might not ("ne saurait", Fr.)… — African Spir Copy Share Image
Those who, either from their own engagements and hurry of business, or from indolence, or from conceit and vanity, have neglected looking… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
![“What will it cost [a person] to be a true Christian? It will cost him his self-righteousn ess. He must cast away all pride and high thoughts, and conceit of his own goodness. He must be content to go to heaven as a poor sinner, saved only by free grace, and owing all to the merit and righteousness…” quote by J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3df/j-c-ryle-789_cast-away_what-will-it-cost-a-person-to-be-a-true_1137557.png)
