Conceit Quote by Mercedes Lackey Download Open image “A quaint conceit, don't you think?” — Mercedes Lackey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conceit Quaint Thinking
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit… — Ellen Terry Copy Share Image
Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“The painter Kramskoy has a remarkable painting entitled The Contemplator: it depicts a forest in winter, and in the forest, standing all by himself… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Starting with approaching the spot where the painting is to be done, meanwhile realising the emptiness of the mind, up to the method of… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
Painting is the intermediate somewhat between a thought and a thing. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“The twinkle that softens the review; the martyr's super-logic and the child's intuition; the fact that a fragment of moss can pull back into… — Beatrice Warde Copy Share Image
“I can conceive that after what occurred in New York it might be distressing for you to encounter Miss Stoker, sir. But I fancy… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I view members of the elite with an almost primal scorn—recently, an acquaintance used the word “confabulate” in a sentence, and I just… — J.D. Vance Copy Share Image
Sharp and mild, dull and keen, well known and strange, dirty and clean, where both the fool and wise are seen: All this am… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“He’d parted reluctantly from Amily, thinking again with envy of Lena and Bear. One thing that they hadn’t been forced to deal with during… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
If they projected the fact that they are dangerous any harder, there would be little puddles of "danger" on the floor around them. Look,… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
“Then he heard a wild, high-pitched cackling that made the hair stand up on the back of his neck. It wasn't sane, that laugh.… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
Time doesn't. All that Time does is make it more distant, put more space between you and what happened. It doesn't heal anything. I… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
Other people can have all the children they want. Some people ask for no-smoking sections. I ask for no children. — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
It isn't wise to be rude to one's mother. She knows everything about your childhood that is potentially embarassing. — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
“Tradition spoke of an elegant half-arch being only a fallen pile of stones without its counterpart to make it whole.” — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
“I'm not out to disturb anybody's faith. I happen to be happy and comfortable with a belief system that has a dual deity and… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
“Thought it has certainly taken you long enough to realize what should have truly been precious to you. Not your own self-importance, nor how… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
“Healer Myrim made no attempt to conceal the fact that Orthallen's treachery had not surprised her. Nor did she conceal that his demise gave… — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
“It is the way in which the Dark returns, Harrier. I will explain, if you like." "Oh, no," Harrier said. "I'd much rather not… — Mercedes Lackey 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
