82 Quotes About Conceit

Of great riches there is no real use, except in the distribution; the rest is but conceit

None are so seldom found alone, and are so soon tired of their own company, as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves.

There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

It is the ultimate conceit of conservatives: that more than half of American voters don't make up more than half of our country.

The miller imagines that the corn grows only to make his mill turn.

Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.

The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of.

The Lord is the Lover of His devotees; He inspires them to perform devotional worship. True devotional worship consists of eliminating selfishness and conceit from within.

If I see my films described as 'quirky' or, even worse, 'snarky' one more time, I'm going to probably seriously consider an early retirement. All these years, I've labored under the conceit that they were "darkly humorous.'