If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
Sexually,we are all competing for the same seat on the bus and the thing that holds it together is the tightly held conceit that we are all sexual gods. How can I believe in my own uniqueness when there's a cat out there exactly the same as me?
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.
Haven't you ever heard that modesty is an attractive trait?" "Only from ugly people," Jace confided. "The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me." He winked at the girls, who giggled and hid behind their hair.
Nature abhors a vacuum. When a head lacks brains, nature fills it with conceit.
The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me.
The less their ability, the more their conceit.
Conceit is God's gift to little men.
Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.