Quotes About Ego

The excessively rich were as shy as wild birds; everybody was hunting them and they took wing at the least hint of danger. They were abnormally sensitive and had to be handled as if they were made of wet tissue paper. They would absorb flattery like sponges—but only that subtle kind which assured them that they were above flattery.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

Although narcissists can appear charismatic, that charm is always and only exercised in the service of their own greater glory. They disregard the feelings and the interests of others and are often skilled at manipulating them into providing what the narcissist wants right here, right now. From Reading Crimes by DR TONY HILL

La poesía soy yo.

Saving the world is a much more ambitious, ennobling, and ego-gratifying project than preserving the neighborhood.

hue, his combed-over

My greatness does not extend to this shelf.

Vulgarity is an old Narcissus who adores himself and applauds the common vulgarity.

I don't care what you think unless it is about me.

I don't care what you think unless it is about me.

Der Deutsche fährt nicht wie andere Menschen. Er fährt, um recht zu haben.

pathological narcissism

it is not impossible that I could become Governor of this state. Or even President. I would not mind having a horde of sycophants licking my boots. Actually, that is quite an attractive notion. Thank you, Jacky, I had not thought of that." Amy

QUINN; You always look after Number One, don't you? ASH; Doesn't everybody?

I should not have cared to see it as an act of self-sacrifice even if it had been one; for there is nothing clever in self-sacrifice, nothing to pride oneself on.

False modesty is the last refinement of vanity.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.

If vanity does not overthrow all virtues, at least she makes them totter.

Did we not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never hurt us.

Men sometimes think they hate flattery, but they hate only the manner of flattering.

The surest way to be deceived is to think oneself more clever than others.

A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.

It is our own vanity that makes the vanity of others intolerable to us.

Self-love is the greatest of flatterers.