#egotism

Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success. ↗

— Bobbe Sommer

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

— Ambrose Bierce

#doing #egotism #new #new york #new york times

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#character #distinctive #egotism #egotist #full

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

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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

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If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#zaphod-beeblebrox #ego

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#faults #miseries #source #summary

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

— George Santayana

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