“Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.”
Jerome K. Jerome
“Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify hers”
George Bernard Shaw
“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
“Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him (Proverbs 26:12).”
Bible
“Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up”
John Ruskin
“If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick”
Mark Twain
