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Dealing with egotists is so corrupting because we gradually fall into their mistakes out of self-defense.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach1830–1916Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 45.
If God has bestowed on us any excellent gift, we imagine it to be our own achievement; and we swell and even burst with pride.
John Calvin1509–1564Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 32.
When man humbles himself, God cannot restrain His mercy; He must come down and pour His grace into the humble man, and He gives Himself most of all, and all at once, to the least of all.
Meister Eckhart1260–1328Meister Eckhart’s Sermons (1909), Sermon III: The Angel’s Greeting
- God
I’ve never met another man I’d rather be.
Charles Bukowski1920–1994in Bukowski: Born Into This (2002)
Flattery must be pretty thick before anybody objects to it.
WFWilliam Feather1889–1981The Business of Life (1949)
I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
Bobby Fischer1943–2008In Chess Digest Magazine, Vol. 4 (1971), p. 263
The conceited villager believes the entire world to be his village.
José Martí1853–1895Our America (1891)
No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
Anthony Trollope1815–1882The Bertrams (1859), Ch. 27
Part of me suspects that I’m a loser and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.
John Lennon1940–1980Playboy interview (1980)
It’s said that Chaplin wanted you to like him, but Keaton didn’t care. I think he cared, but was too proud to ask.
Roger Ebert1942–2013The Great Movies Essay Collections, Vol. II (2005), p. 94
- Movies
Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dalí.
Salvador Dalí1904–1989Diary of a Genius (Journal d’un génie, 1964)
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity, that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble. It is only spurious pride that is morbid and sensitive, and shrinks from every touch.
Washington Irving1783–1859The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819–1820), “The Country Church”
- Character
In private life there are few beings more obnoxious than the man who is always loudly boasting; and if the boaster is not prepared to back up his words his position becomes absolutely contemptible.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919National Duties (Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick) (1901)
- Character
How good is it to remember one’s insignificance: that of a man among billions of men, of an animal amid billions of animals.
Leo Tolstoy1828–1910Last Diaries (1979) edited by Leon Stilman, p. 77
He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
Anatole France1844–1924The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881), Pt. II, ch. 4
- Character