“Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him (Proverbs 26:12).”
Bible
“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart”
Benjamin Franklin
“Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify hers”
George Bernard Shaw
“Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.”
Joseph Conrad
“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
John Wooden
“Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.”
Alain Rene Lesage
“Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up”
John Ruskin
