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Published October 9, 2016 Entertainment , Language 2 Comments
Tags: Benjamin Disraeli, Codes, cryptogram, Puzzles, quotes, Word Games

“Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.” — Benjamin Disraeli

(I don’t agree with this, but everyone has a right to their opinion. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR

1 vnatraj1 October 9, 2016 at 9:46 pm

Not really sure what he means by this. Once you are successful, you stop being conceited (because you have already achieved success)?
2 haliburton76 October 10, 2016 at 11:27 am

The meaning is fairly opaque, and probably much as VJ surmises: conceit is a vanity of unaccomplished persons, not needed in people who are successful. I suspect this is extracted from one of Disraeli’s (early) novels and not from his political writings.

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