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Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.
Conceit
Francis Bacon

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The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.
Sin
Thomas Carlyle

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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
Success
Benjamin Disraeli

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I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.
Conceit
George Eliot

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We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.
Self-image
William Hazlitt

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Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
Conversation
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!
Philosophers and Philosophy
Iris Murdoch

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Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.
Conceit
William Shakespeare

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People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.
Conceit
William M. Thackeray

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Conceit is incompatible with understanding.
Conceit
Count Leo Tolstoy

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Conceit is God's gift to little men.
Conceit
Harry S Truman

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Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
Conceit
Johnny Unitas

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Conceit is a queer disease -- it makes everyone Sick except the person who has it.
Conceit
Source Unknown

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Nature abhors a vacuum. When a head lacks brains, nature fills it with conceit.
Mind
Source Unknown

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They are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.
Husbands
Oscar Wilde

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun