"Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, His……" — Christopher Marlowe
"Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow."
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61 Quotes by Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe has 61 quotes on this site.
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Strike up the drum and march courageously.
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Nothing violent, oft have I heard tell, can be permanent.
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You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.
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Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?
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While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.
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Why this is hell, nor am I out of it: Thinkst thou that I who saw the face of God,…
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Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.
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Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell.
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Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?
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We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it.
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Jigging veins of rhyming mother wits.
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Things that are not at all, are never lost.
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More Conceit Quotes
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.
— Max Beerbohm
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Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
— Aesop
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Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
— Aesop
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You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark…
— Willa Cather
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Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes…
— Watchman Nee
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Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness.
— Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease,…
— Sun Tzu
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Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart…
— Janet Morris
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The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.
— Thomas Carlyle
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