Remy de Gourmont Quotes

In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait.

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.

A lot of pictures of yourself - you know, it's a little narcissistic.

I’d always thought I was above being fascinated by anyone but myself.

All comedians are preoccupied with one thing and with one thing only-themmm-selllves. It's a horrible lot in life.

How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!

We often brag that we are never bored with ourselves, and are so vain as never to think ourselves bad company.

Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.

All men are selfish, but the vain man is in love with himself. He admires, like the lover his adored one, everything which to others is indifferent.

Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

After all, everyone's favorite subject is themselves.

Narcissism is the part of my personality that I am the least proud of, and I certainly don't like to see it highlighted in everybody else I meet.

I'm a very egotistical person.

I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.

'My self-esteem,' 'my self-this,' 'my self-that.' Believe me, I've been there - I'm an actress. At one point, you just get nauseous with it and think, 'I have to take my mind off myself!'

I don't have the time or the desire to gaze at my navel.

In general, I can't stand people who always turn a conversation into something about them. I can't stand it when people are too into themselves.

Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.

People are very narcissistic. It's not all their fault. We live in a society where there is a magazine for you, a channel for you, a perfume for you.

As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don't they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me.

There is nothing so depressing as a constant contemplation of one's self, and the greatest moral cowardice in the world's opinion comes from consulting one's own personal convenience.

Projecting yourself until everything is talking about you is, of course, a self-flattering form of self-pity

You have to ask yourself a lot of questions and probably go to therapy to make sure that you're not someone who's in love with themselves. And also if you're vain enough, then you know that is a bad look!