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Quotes about conceit
Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading. (Eckhart Aaron)
Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. (Eckhart Aaron)
As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves. (Eckhart Aaron)
Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. (Eckhart Aaron)
Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you? (Eckhart Aaron)
Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level. (Eckhart Aaron)
A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package. (Eckhart Aaron)
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. (Eckhart Aaron)
Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good. (Eckhart Aaron)
He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals. (Eckhart Aaron)
Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you. (Eckhart Aaron)
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth. (Eckhart Aaron)
Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest. (Eckhart Aaron)
Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less. (Eckhart Aaron)
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited. (Eckhart Aaron)
Conceit is incompatible with understanding. (Eckhart Aaron)
Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love. (Eckhart Aaron)
Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. (Eckhart Aaron)
Conceit is a queer disease -- it makes everyone Sick except the person who has it. (Eckhart Aaron)
Self-love is a balloon filled with wind, from which storms burst forth when one makes a puncture in it. (Eckhart Aaron)
You have to see my show to believe that I'm the only unique Nina Hagen on this planet. (Eckhart Aaron)
I am a grateful...grapefruit. (Eckhart Aaron)
I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer. (Eckhart Aaron)
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