#conceit

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

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With me it's the whole thing, it's the conceit, the idea, what the poem is saying. And it goes on just as long as is necessary to say what needs to be said. ↗

— James Laughlin

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Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. ↗

— Johnny Unitas

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Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. ↗

— Channing Pollock

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People think that I'm conceited, and I'm not a nice person. ↗

— Slick Rick

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People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating! ↗

— Iris Murdoch

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Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

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I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults. ↗

— David Lee Roth

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