"Self-conceited" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that the dog, who figures with a certain vain, self-conceited monkey, in the fable, showed a good deal of wisdom in ...
— The Diving Bell - Or, Pearls to be Sought for • Francis C. Woodworth
... of them care, at bottom, a sixpence for him or his interests, or those of his class or of his cause, or of any class or cause that is of much value to God or to man? Rigmarole and Dolittle have alike cared for themselves hitherto; and for their own clique, and self-conceited crotchets,—their greasy dishonest interests of pudding, or windy dishonest interests of praise; and not very perceptibly for any other interest whatever. Neither Rigmarole nor Dolittle will accomplish any good or ...
— Past and Present - Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. • Thomas Carlyle |
