Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Quote by Alain Rene Lesage

Topics: Conceit Quotes, Pride Quotes, Sin Quotes

Doubt is not below knowledge but above it

Doubt is not below knowledge but above it

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Conceit is God's gift to little men

Conceit is God's gift to little men

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride,...

Columbus's eggs lie around by the hundreds of thousands, but Columbuses are met with less...

Columbus's eggs lie around by the hundreds of thousands, but Columbuses are met with less...

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very...

What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very...

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

A mans spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in...

A mans spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in...

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is...

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is...