Self-conceit

Self-conceit was not, perhaps, his greatest danger.

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Self-conceit was written on his countenance, and displayed itself in his arrogant assumptions of superiority.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Various

Self-conceit, presumption, and obstinacy, blast the prospect of many a youth.

English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham

Self-conceit presumption and obstinacy blast the prospects of many a youth.

English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham

How sleek, smooth-tongued, paradisaical a deluder art thou, sweet Self-conceit!

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Various

Nero, the most vain Coxcomb of a Tyrant that ever breath'd, cou'd not raise an unfeigned Applause of his Harp by military Execution; even where Praise is deserv'd, Ill-nature and Self-conceit (Passions that poll a majority of Mankind) will with less reluctance part with their Mony than their Approbation.

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I 1889

Here, tho 'at this time my Fortune depended on the Success of the Patentees, I cannot help in regard to Truth remembring the rude and riotous Havock we made of all the late dramatic Honours of the Theatre! all became at once the Spoil of Ignorance and Self-conceit!

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I 1889

Self-conceit and Cruelty and Lust of oppression and domination, which marks the present period, is past -- and it WILL pass -- then Humanity will come again to its Golden Age and to that Paradise of redemption and peace which has for so long been prophesied.

Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886

Anne, 'and call it a lesson on Self-control and Self-conceit.'

Abbeychurch Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Self-conceit was not, perhaps, his greatest danger.

Framley Parsonage Anthony Trollope 1848