If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.
quote by Wallace Stevens
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If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.
quote by Alexander Smith
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Intolerance is a form of egotism, and to condemn egotism intolerantly is to share it.
quote by George Santayana
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If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.
quote by Arnold Bennett
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Scarlatti
last night
locked in
the castle
of pride and
egotism
goes on two
legs
Webern
orchestrated a
sky the clouds
move to a
bass
on
an instrument not
an oboe, gray
on light-gray in
blue and green
goes by
on glass
Schoenberg
serenades with
a view through
to where
a girl
swings
her
body displaced
against the
pull of her
hands head-
high on the
ropes
night
before the night
before last
unlocked the castle
of pride and
egotism
bliss
clouds stand
and go by
poem by James Marcus Schuyler
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Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.
quote by Joseph Barber Lightfoot
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The Epic War Between Friends
Another quarrel, but no clear cut victor,
as a stalemate ensues in the epic war.
It’s friend vs. friend,
without an end;
This has gone day in and day out.
Egotism subjects their minds
and pride prevents them from compromise.
No one’s giving in,
they both want to win;
This has gone day in and day out.
Stockades are built, allies are made,
and arcana are kept from one another.
Victims choose sides
‘cause they’re told lies;
This has gone day in and day out.
poem by Michael Fischer
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Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.
quote by George V. Higgins
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Mastery passes often for egotism.
quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Take egotism out and you would castrate the benefactors.
quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
quote by Barbara Stanwyck
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Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.
quote by Barbara Stanwyck
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Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.
quote by Ambrose Bierce
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
quote by Thomas Carlyle
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Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
quote by Frank Leahy
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Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
quote by William James
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Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.
quote by John Milius
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Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.
quote by Bellamy Brooks
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The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
quote by Robert Frost
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