Conceited Quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.

— Anonymous

The one who has wisdom in his head and heart does not need to shout at others.

— Spiros Zodhiates

I never knew a man more free from conceit, or one to whom it was a greater extent a pleasure, as well as a…

— Martin Van Buren

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

— Owen Feltham

He realized...that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious.

— Isabel Allende

Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant, turning his…

— Owen Feltham

The most intelligent hearers are those who enjoy most heartily the simplest preaching. It is not they who clamor for superlatively intellectual or aesthetic…

— Austin Phelps

He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.

— Benjamin Whichcote

His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.

— John Steinbeck

There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.

— Jane Austen

I may be wrong, but it seems rare in our age to find a widely praised person whose own mouth is not the source…

— Giacomo Leopardi