"A perfect God is the creation of a…" — Joyce Cary

"A perfect God is the creation of a conceited man"

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48 Quotes by Joyce Cary

Joyce Cary has 48 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is…
Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use…
It is sometimes said that toleration should be refused to the intolerant. In practice this would destroy it... The only…
A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.
I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.
God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would…
Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.
The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.
Plantie is a very strong Protestant, that is to say, he's against all churches, especially the Protestant: and he thinks…
I had from childhood not only the experience of love and truth common to all family life, but the idea…
It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a…
Something you have to make...It's all work, work.

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More Conceited Quotes

This quote is filed under Conceited Quotes, one of 164 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of… — Joseph Addison
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. — Aesop
Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. — Aesop
As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. — Elizabeth Bowen
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils… — Louisa May Alcott
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years… — Dale Carnegie
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde
Brothers are a blessing for one thing. There is no possibility of any young lady getting unreasonably conceited if she… — Arthur Conan Doyle
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. — Zig Ziglar
Married men are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not. — Oscar Wilde
It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to… — Brenda Ueland

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