#egotism

However low he may fall, a man can never deny himself the delight of feeling cleverer, more powerful or even better fed than his companions. ↗

— Maxim Gorky

#men

France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#around #been #between #bridge #common

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength. ↗

— Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#dwelling #egotism #forget #may #remember

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director. ↗

— John Milius

#commander #director #egotism #even #field

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism. ↗

— Gloria Naylor

#form #really #self-consciousness

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

— George Santayana

#egotism #form #intolerance #share

Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity. ↗

— Barbara Stanwyck

#egotism #just #mistaken #usually

... 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

#dark-humor #ego #egotism #egotist #funny

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

— Ambrose Bierce

#humor #sarcasm #taste #humor

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. ↗

— Frank Leahy

#egotism #pain #stupidity