Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism.
No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They dont mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them.
When men are the most sure and arrogant they are commonly the most mistaken giving views to passion without that proper deliberation and suspense which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.
The greatest of all faults I should say is to be conscious of none.
Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism.
He who does not think too much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we dont care for.
We are so vain that we even care for the opinions of those we dont care for.
Much outcry little outcome.
Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men who by an overweening self-respect relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all.
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They dont mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them.
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
When men are the most sure and arrogant they are commonly the most mistaken giving views to passion without that proper deliberation and suspense which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not speak of ourselves at all.
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
When all is summed up a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.
Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed.
He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Selflove seems so often unrequited.
Self?loving is not so vile a sin my liege as self?neglecting.
The worst cliques are those which consist of one man.
No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
If you are all wrapped up in yourself you are overdressed. ? If you are all wrapped up in yourself you make a very small package.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.
If you are all wrapped up in yourself you make a very small package.