“The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all” – Henry Ward Beecher
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"The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all" – Henry Ward Beecher
"The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all" – Henry Ward Beecher
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