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In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind.— HANNAH MORE — Florio. Pt. I.

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow; Our wiser sons, no doubt, will think us so.— POPE — Essay on Criticism. Pt. II. L. 438.

If she undervalue me, What care I how fair she be?— Sir WALTER RALEIGH — Bayley's Life of

Raleigh. Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.— RUSKIN — True and Beautiful. Morals

and Religion. Function of the Artist. Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 4. L. 114.

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament: They are but beggars that can count their worth.— Shakespeare — Romeo and Juliet. Act II. Sc. 6. L. 29.

I am not in the roll of common men. S.— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. I. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 43.

Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow.— SOPHOCLES — Antig. 707.

Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.— SWIFT — Polite Conversation.

Confess thee freely of thy sin; For to deny each article with oath Cannot remove nor choke the strong conception That I do groan withal.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 54.

Confess yourself to heaven; Repent what's past; avoid what is to come.— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 4. L. 149.

Nor do we find him forward to be sounded But, with a crafty madness, keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state.— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 7.

I own the soft impeachment.— SHERIDAN — The Rivals, Act V. Sc. 3.