| CONCEIT See also: Egotism; Pride | 自負 |
| Every man is his own greatest dupe. W. R. Alger 每個人都是最大的自欺者。 |
| Conceit is the most
incurable disease that is known to the human soul. Henry Ward Beecher 自負是已知對人類靈魂最無可救藥的疾病。 |
| Of all fools the conceited fool is the worst. William Gurnall 在一切愚蠢中以自負的愚蠢最為糟糕。 |
| Self-opinion is the bane of
all virtue. Edward Marbury 剛愎自用是一切美德的禍根。 |
| Ignorance and confidence are often twins. George Swinnock 無知與自信常是孿生兄弟。 |
| Conceit is the quicksand of success. Arnold H. Glasow 自負，是成功的流沙。 |
| A conceited man is satisfied with what he has done; a proud man is satisfied with what he is. Maya Angelou 自負的人滿足於自己做過的事；自豪的人則滿足於自己成為怎樣的人。 |
| The greatest conceit is to imagine that you have no conceit. J. C. Ryle 最大的自負，就是以為自己一點都不自負。 |
| Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve. Alexander Pope 自負之於天性，猶如化妝之於美麗；它不僅多餘，還會破壞它想改善的東西。 |
| God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves. D. L. Moody 神從不讓空手的人空手而回，祂只讓那些自以為滿滿的人空空而去。 |
| Conceit may puff a man up, but never props him up. John Ruskin 自負或許能把人吹得膨脹，卻永遠撐不起一個人。 |
| It is not the fact that a man is conceited that is the tragedy, but that he has such poor material to be conceited about. Mark Twain 悲劇不在於一個人自負，而在於他根本沒有什麼值得自負的本錢。 |