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Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.—AESOP, The Frog and the Ox
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Conceit is God's gift to little men.—BRUCE BARTON, Conceit
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Conceit is the most incurable disease that is known to the human soul.—H. W. BEECHER, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
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To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.—MAX BEERBOHM, Quia Imperfectum
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Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.—Bible, Proverbs 26:12
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Be not wise in your own conceits.—Bible, Romans 12:16
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The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.—JOHN BLAKE, Uncommon Sense
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He is a poor creature who does not believe himself to be better than the whole world else. No matter how ill we may be, or how low we may have fallen, we would not change identity with any other person. Hence our self-conceit sustains and always must sustain us till death takes us and our conceit together so that we need no more sustaining.—SAMUEL BUTLER, Note Books
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When people get it into their heads that they are being specially favoured by the Almighty, they had better as a general rule mind their p's and q's.—SAMUEL BUTLER, The Way of All Flesh
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Aesop's Fly, sitting on the axle of the chariot, has been much laughed at for exclaiming: What a dust I do raise!—CARLYLE, On Boswell's Life of Johnson
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He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.—GEORGE ELIOT, Adam Bede
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I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.—GEORGE ELIOT, The Mill on the Floss
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What is the first business of one who studies philosophy? To part with self-conceit. For it is impossible for any one to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows.—EPICTETUS, Discourses
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We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.—ANATOLE FRANCE, Journal des Goncourt
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Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.—JEROME K. JEROME, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself.—SAMUEL JOHNSON, Boswell: Life
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In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind.—HANNAH MORE, Florio and His Friend
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Self-praise is no recommendation.—Proverb
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If you love yourself over much, nobody else will love you at all.—Proverb
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Each bird loves to hear himself sing.—Proverb
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Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.—RUSKIN, True and Beautiful
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Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet
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He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.—SHAKESPEARE, The Taming of the Shrew
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To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.—OSCAR WILDE, An Ideal Husband
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All men think all men mortal but themselves.—EDWARD YOUNG, Night Thoughts
