Conceit Quote by Jerome K. Jerome Download Open image “Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.” — Jerome K. Jerome ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conceit Finest Men
ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Soldiers are issued armour for their flesh and bones, but they must fashion their own for their souls. Piece by piece. — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Soldiers are issued armour for their flesh and bones, but they must fashion their own for their souls. Piece by piece. (Itkovian) — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Confit is the ultimate comfort food, and trendy or not, it is dazzling stuff. — Sally Schneider Copy Share Image
Fashion is that horrid little man with an evil eye who tells you that your last winter's coat may be in perfect physical condition,… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
“George goes to sleep at a bank from ten to four each day, except Saturdays, when they wake him up and put him outside… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“He would use a bit of string this time, and at the critical moment, when the old fool was leaning over the chair at… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Love is woman's business,and in "business" we all lay aside our natural weaknesses. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
We are but the veriest, sorriest slaves of our stomach. Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“There was no ground-floor — its ground-floor belonged to a house in the next court, and the front door opened direct upon a flight… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“I can understand the ignorant masses loving to soak themselves in drink—oh, yes, it's very shocking that they should, of course—very shocking to us… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“And we sit there, by its margin, while the moon, who loves it too, stoops down to kiss it with a sister’s kiss, and… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“The only feeling that a closer intimacy has created in him for his wife is that of indulgent contempt. As there is no equality… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Evil thought is a dangerous pet. It is safer to play with it from behind the iron bars of circumstance. — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart,… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness. — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Copy Share Image
Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it. — James Dobson Copy Share Image
Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Being carefree, you can fit in anywhere. If you’re not carefree you keep on bumping up against things. Your life becomes so narrow, so… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
This man, who for twenty-five years has been reading and writing about art, and in all that time has never understood anything about art,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one. — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people. — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov Copy Share Image