#egotism

Mastery passes often for egotism. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

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Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it. ↗

— George Santayana

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... a man doesn't like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, and then to be proved wrong by a man who claims he doesn't know anything. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

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Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

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The ego taunts truth with sarcasm. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

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One altar forever is preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,--ourselves, our god is great, and money is his Prophet! We devastate nature in order to make sacrifice to him; we boast that we have conquered Matter and forget that it is matter that has forever enslaved us. ↗

— Okakura Kakuzo

#egotism #vanity #money

Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

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Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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