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Egotism Quotes - Page 2

I know perfectly well my own egotism.

I know perfectly well my own egotism.

Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.67, NYU Press

It is never permissible to say, I say.

"Many Thoughts of Many Minds: A Treasury of Quotations From the Literature of Every Land and Every Age" edited by Louis Klopsch, (p. 80), 1896.

The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie.

"Aphorisms and Reflections on Men, Morals, and Things", p. 4, 1800.

Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.

William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.440, Library of America

The egotist is next door to a fanatic.

Samuel Smiles (1871). “Character”, p.229

The pest of society is egotists.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.364

Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.

"Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

With adolescent egotism and a lot of money one can pretty much rule the world.

Glen Duncan (2007). “I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story”, p.133, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.