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• The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. — Max Beerbohm
• Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the… — Ezra Taft Benson
• The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. — Aesop
• Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. — Aesop
• You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils… — Louisa May Alcott
• Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark… — Willa Cather
• Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
• 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
• Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness. — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
• When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease,… — Sun Tzu
• Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart… — Janet Morris
• Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a… — Martin Luther

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