Mr. Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man; you know he is, as well as I do; and you must feel, as well as I do, that the woman who married him cannot have a proper way of thinking.
When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It may be years before it comes to light, but it is already commenced.
Through your rags I see your vanity.
One may be humble out of pride.
I dislike arrogant men and diva behavior in either gender.
But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and conceitedness who are extraordinarily presumptuous about the significance of their position in society.
God in his wisdom circumscribed man's vision, and rightly too, for otherwise man's conceit would know no bounds.
Selfish, arrogant people drive me crazy.
From my point of view, a great deal of openly expressed piety is insufferable conceit.
Among the numerous stratagems by which pride endeavors to recommend folly to regard, there is scarcely one that meets with less success than affectation, or a perpetual disguise of the real character by fictitious appearances.
You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound.
Mr. Roundface …. A wicked and conceited upstart.
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