Charles Dudley Warner Quotes

Haughtiness lives under the same roof with solitude.

Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels.

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

Living in a tower, however secure it may feel, is hardly a social attribute.

An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.

I think your ego gets in the way of making something good because it kind of blinds you from the actual art.

Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.

The vain being is the really solitary being.

Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity; there is no cure for this but experience, if indeed there is any cure for it at all.

A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession.

It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew.

All I ask of Life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.

Conceit is thinking you're great; egotism is knowing it.

Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.

There's a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It's deceptive because when you have pride, you're usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn't sell well.

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

Ego is the great enemy. Ego will hold you back every single time.