Conceit Quote by Nathanael Emmons Download Open image “The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.” — Nathanael Emmons ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conceit Every man Men Spots Thinking Wisest
Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux Copy Share Image
The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless. — Plato Copy Share Image
Man is wise ... when he recognizes no greater enemy than himself. — Marguerite de Navarre Copy Share Image
Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The weakest man is the one who stands by other people's words but the legitimate man is the one who stands by his own… — ISAAC MUASA Copy Share Image
The highest point to which a weak but experienced mind can rise is detecting the weakness of better men. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention… — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
Style should be like window-glass, perfectly transparent, and with very little sash. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
In reasoning upon moral subjects, we have great occasion for candor, in order to compare circumstances, and weigh arguments with impartiality. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
How vast is eternity! - It will swallow up all the human race; it will collect all the intelligent universe; it will open scenes… — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here? — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as… — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, so much the more has vital godliness declined. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
These two rules make the best system: first, have something to say; second, say it. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, the more vital Godliness has declined. — Nathanael Emmons 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
