"Conceit may puff a man up, but never…" — John Ruskin
"Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up."
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404 Quotes by John Ruskin
John Ruskin has 404 quotes on this site.
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When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both…
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In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong.
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Whatever merit there is in anything that I have written is simply due to the fact that when I was…
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To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered.
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When we build, let us think that we build forever.
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In health of mind and body, men should see with their own eyes, hear and speak without trumpets, walk on…
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There is material enough in a single flower for the ornament of a score of cathedrals.
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Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruit.
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Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by…
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Freedom is only granted us that obedience may be more perfect.
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Once thoroughly our own knowledge ceases to give us pleasure.
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All other passions do occasional good; but when pride puts in its word everything goes wrong.
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More Conceit Quotes
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one of 183 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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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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