The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

About Aesop

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Aesop ( EE-sop; Ancient Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aísōpos; c. 620 – 564 BCE; usually written Æsop in the 19th century and Esop before then) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by...

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Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

What a splendid head, yet no brain.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Plodding wins the race.

persistance plodding

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

More quotations tagged with “conceit”

For God hates utterly
The bray of bragging tongues.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

—Marie Ebner von Eschenbach

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

—Joseph Addison

The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.

What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.

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11 Jul 2015 Added