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«Conceit is God's gift to little men»
«Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed»
«[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination of architectural conceit and official bad taste. the Cathedral of Asphalt.»
Author: Robert Moses
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Architecture
| Keywords:
architectural, asphalt, Bad Taste, conceit, hideous, inflicted, official, The Cathedral, waterfront
«Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.»
«Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.»
«Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up»
«Conceit is incompatible with understanding»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
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Conceit
| Keywords:
conceit, conceits, incompatible, understanding, with conceit
«As he submits to God's Will, and surrenders to the Creator, he is rid of selfishness and conceit. And when, O Nanak, he is merciful to all beings, only then shall he be called a Muslim.»
«Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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body of work, conceit, weakest
«Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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beggars, brags, conceit, rich in, substance
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