Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

No people are more conceited than those who depict their own feelings, especially if they happen to have a little prose at their command for the occasion.

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

I’m conceited, I got a reason

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

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

I think maybe Mr. Sinise and Mr. Bacon have slightly bigger egos than I do.

A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.

The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

It is a form of arrogance to assume that other people are even thinking about you.

Depending on who it is, but I can't stand men who brag about themselves, and all they do all day is talk about themselves.

I have a little bit of a big head.

I don't choose to be humble.

I was a big-headed little guy.

There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.

For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers.

If I talk about what I'm good at, I seem like I'm a conceited egomaniac.

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.