More quotations tagged with “conceit”
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.
—Epictetus
Conceit is God's gift to little men.
—Bruce Barton
When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.
—Bernard Bailey
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
—Aesop
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
—Aesop