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Quotes about Conceit

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
- Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, & politician (1672 - 1719)

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.
- Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

For God hates utterlyThe bray of bragging tongues.
- Sophocles, Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC - 406 BC)

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
- Thomas Carlyle, Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 - 1881)

What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.
- Epictetus, Roman (Greek-born) slave & Stoic philosopher (55 AD - 135 AD)

Conceit is God's gift to little men.
- Bruce Barton

CP Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
- Aesop, Greek slave & fable author (620 BC - 560 BC)

CP The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
- Aesop, Greek slave & fable author (620 BC - 560 BC)

When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
- Bernard Bailey

The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
- John Blake