Conceited

Also known as O fantasmenos

Notable quotes

“Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man's own making…”
— Joseph Addison, The Spectator No. 404 (13 June 1712).
“Conceit is the most contemptible and one of the most odious qualities in the world. It is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.”
— William Hazlitt, Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823) No. 110.
“We go and fancy that everybody is thinking of us. But he is not: he is like us; he is thinking of himself.”
— Charles Reade, Griffith Gaunt; or, Jealousy (1866) ch. 5.
“The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.”
— Ben Jonson, Sejanus, Act V, scene 1.
“Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.”
— John Ruskin, True and Beautiful, Morals and Religion, Function of the Artist.
“Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.”
— Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation, Dialogue II.

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