| 单词 | egotist |
| 例句 | “Nay! fear not, you must be egotist, for it is of you that we think.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z That it is more populated by egotists than any other profession. Q&A: Michael Boyd, artistic director of the RSC 2010-07-06T12:42:00Z Ms. Jackson and her husband acknowledged being temperamental egotists — actors, after all — and the efforts it took to make the marriage and career work. Anne Jackson, theater stalwart who teamed onstage with husband Eli Wallach, dies at 90 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z A subtle autobiographical move, a sly wink or the work of a deranged egotist? Fantastic Mr Fox recap: Wes Anderson reworking well worth another look 2013-06-28T16:00:37Z Sessions appears in the letters between O’Connor and Hester as “Billy,” an endearing egotist and the butt of their jokes. The Mysterious Letter Writer Who Beguiled Flannery O’Connor and Iris Murdoch 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Patrick O'Connell, who bears a striking resemblance to busts of the historical Julius Caesar, plays the general as a slightly dim egotist and becomes really ghoulish in his afterlife cameos. A high-style, intermittently substantive 'Caesar' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Those are the actions of an insatiable egotist, an emotionally stunted, overly intellectual man-child who cannot quite see other people as real and defaults to pathetic teenage yearbook nostrums: “The heart wants what it wants.” How do we watch Woody’s movies now? 2014-02-08T17:00:00Z He replied "I am not an egotist!" and started strumming. Jack Vance dies aged 96: master of bold and bizarre science fiction 2013-05-29T23:13:06Z But the sitcom Mary felt overworked and overthought, too self-consciously calling back to the past with its newspaper office full of pompous egotists. Same role, different show: what happens when TV actors get stuck in a rut 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Harry Brock is a multimillionaire junk man and raging egotist who has come to rig Congress in favor of his “free market” angles. Review | The moralizing 1946 comedy ‘Born Yesterday’ is not dead yet 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z “Somehow the egotist, the entertaining politician, the one that has the greatest, quickest, fastest line, the one that is best on television, is somehow the best one for you in your life,” he said. DeLorean film drives back to the futuristic '70s to close Venice... 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z It flies in the face of everything egotists live for. An alien beauty to Helen Rae's female subjects at the Good Luck Gallery 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z He was caught in a power struggle with Sauter, his boss and onetime friend, and became openly critical of Rather, whom he considered an overpaid egotist. Edward M. Joyce, CBS News president in the 1980s, dies at 81 Napoleon is portrayed as a bratty egotist who views France’s West Indian properties as a laundry. Theatrical Stumbles of Historic Proportions 2010-12-10T16:02:00Z And yet — because Mr. Scovel often adopts the persona of a preposterously confident, thin-skinned egotist with a conspiratorial streak — his comedy does seem suited to the age of Trump. A Comic on the Verge, His Absurdism on the Fly 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z "Saying what you believe others want to hear is of course a form of lying," Knausgaard writes and in doing so seems to revel in depicting himself as a narcissist, coward and single-minded egotist. A Man in Love by Karl Ove Knausgaard – review 2013-05-11T17:00:02Z Winston Churchill is an egotist, General Douglas Haig a “remarkably stupid man to talk to”. Telling tales 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The self-destructive egotist is a riff Leary can play with his guitar behind his neck. Review: Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Delivers Rock of the Aged 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z In this exhaustive biography, Lucy Hughes-Hallett attempts to peel away the many layers of an astonishing Italian egotist who still divides opinion over his politics, poetry and prose. The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio – Poet, Seducer & Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett – review 2013-02-04T07:00:01Z A monumental egotist, perfectionist and harsh taskmaster with a streak of paranoia, Brown reigned as the absolute monarch of his personal kingdom, answering to no one but himself. ‘Get On Up’ Stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z For a bunch of raving, deluded egotists, musicians do seem remarkably open to the idea of collaboration. Readers recommend songs with special guests: the Results 2010-10-21T21:59:00Z For an egotist West isn't scared of collaboration, in part because, like anyone who runs a good salon, he understands one can be measured by the depth of one's guest list. Kanye West: Do not disturb 2010-11-20T01:25:00Z And, as in Chekhov, these characters are all revealed to be implacable egotists. Quartermaine's Terms – review 2013-01-30T01:07:38Z Pablo Picasso, a painter without peer, lived and died an egotist. Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z She didn’t seem to appreciate fully how her considerable achievements in reviving Vanity Fair would be received warily by such an aging delicate egotist as Liberman. Anna Wintour and Tina Brown: Inside their Condé Nast rivalry 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z He displays an egotist’s affections: grand, effusive, self-effacing only in service to self-promotion. Review | The art of rebellion: The son of a famous painter tries to reframe his life 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The joke as Barris interprets it, isn't that said viewpoint isn't real, it is that has twisted him into a kvetching egotist. Netflix's "#blackAF" is Kenya Barris' wealthier, shallower, and meaner "Black-ish" 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Rather than making Darrow seem more relatable or genuine, his wonderfully smooth voice and physical grace render the character more of a fake, as well as an egotist and a braggart. Review: Kevin Spacey as Clarence Darrow, Stadium Size 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z As for M Night Shyamalan, hyped as “The Next Spielberg” on the cover of Newsweek after The Sixth Sense, he’s finally accepted the Spielberg’s populist template never fit an egotist who prefers to provoke. Magnolia to The Matrix: was 1999 the greatest year in modern cinema? 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z He was referring, in particular, to himself and his fellow dancers, who he insisted were all “narcissistic egotists.” Dance Review: ?Dancer Crush? at New York Live Arts - Review 2011-10-09T21:21:50Z That the music served as an introduction to rank egotist Logan is surely just a coincidence. Westworld recap: season 2, episode 2 – the devil's in the Delos 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z But while Benedict proves a formidable opponent, Becker is an underwritten egotist. The Trouble With Hollywood’s Gender Flips 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The city is basically a collection of every town’s biggest egotists. A FaceTime Relationship Turns Face to Face 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z He goes on, “The true autobiography of this egotist is exposed in all its intimate foliage in his work.” This Week in Fiction: Paul Theroux on the Fascination of Large Families 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Woolf, in Emre’s view, wants us to regard most of them as failed human beings, egotists and supporters of a social order based on lies and facade. Review | Virginia Woolf’s novels once left me cold. A new book about ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ changed my mind. 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Billy, born deaf, is the lip-reading outsider in a noisily talkative, borderline dysfunctional family of competitive egotists: father and mother are writers, brother Daniel is a would-be academic, sister Ruth an aspiring opera singer. Tribes ? review 2010-10-21T01:07:00Z The Caesar of Greg Hicks, previously seen as King Lear and as Leontes in “The Winter’s Tale,” is a strutting, icy egotist easily flattered into the fatal trap. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z Toby, vigilant about his diet and insecure about his height, is persuasive as a well-meaning egotist. “Fleishman Is in Trouble” Turns the Marriage Novel Inside-Out 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z I applaud Scamell's opus, but you can sum up Koestler more succinctly: good journalist, superb egotist. Koestler: The Indispensable Intellectual by Michael Scammell 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z In the film, De Palma also gets personal, discussing his non-existent relationship with his surgeon father, and describing his family as “egotists who didn’t care what damage they were doing”. Brian de Palma: 'Film lies all the time … not just 24 times a second' 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z At first glance, he seems a tremendous egotist and snob. Reading group: Bogged down on Swann's Way? 2013-02-07T14:01:15Z The book is more a study in character – of the swift reactions of a volatile, opportunistic and irresponsible egotist to changing circumstances – than a staid political narrative. Disraeli: Or the Two Lives by Douglas Hurd and Edward Young – review 2013-07-17T17:05:21Z Healthy egotists, on the other hand, can afford the self-effacement, or the self-mockery. Cultural Studies: On Celebrities Good and Bad, or Alec Baldwin 2012-06-29T20:57:20Z Nevertheless, the former Labor prime minister Tony Blair elicits nearly comparable scorn as a sanctimonious egotist in the pocket of the United States. The voice of Winnie the Pooh is something of a teddy bear himself (with claws) 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Privately, plenty of users feel as it their repartee is worthy of an Aaron Sorkin screenplay — but it takes a special kind of egotist to want to make these conversations public. Sidewire: The chatter site for political junkies who haven’t already maxed out 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Delivering the anguished lines of the self-destructive egotist that Chaplin became, he perversely tends to fade into the gray. Theater Review: ‘Chaplin: The Musical’ at the Ethel Barrymore Theater 2012-09-11T02:00:17Z If you see a bicycle you know an antisocial egotist is not far behind. Readers recommend songs about bicycles: The Results 2010-07-29T21:30:00Z “People already think I’m an egotist, and putting the Apple logo up there with all these geniuses will get me skewered by the press.” Michael Fassbender on playing Steve Jobs: 'Was he flawed? Yeah! We all are' 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z “I’m very worried about what it says to have such an egotist completely void of real substance leading the party.” Meet the South Carolina Republicans who are horrified by the Trump coronation 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Eccentric, charismatic strangers, yes, but these fragile egotists couldn’t have completely known the results of professional abuse. Best of 2018: I am a "MasterChef" survivor 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Ms. Palin dominates as a disarming egotist whose presumption is balanced by charisma and animal cunning — and in this film, as in life, she has the last smirk. | ?Game Change?: In ?Game Change? on HBO, Julianne Moore Plays Sarah Palin 2012-03-08T13:00:00Z It weaves with skill and a Renoiresque fairness the careers of several competing egotists while explaining the complex context within which they work. The Oscars: the hot tips from those in the know 2011-02-20T00:05:33Z For an egotist Mr. West isn’t scared of collaboration, in part because, like anyone who runs a good salon, he understands one can be measured by the depth of one’s guest list. Kanye West, Still Unfiltered, on Eve of Fifth Album 2010-11-19T04:30:00Z Franco’s Wiseau is a deluded egotist who requires dozens of takes to say four lines. Tommy Wiseau in ‘The Disaster Artist’ wants to be taken seriously. James Franco can relate. 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Fitzgerald called himself a “romantic egotist” and much of Scott’s passion seems merely a way to heighten his popularity or pep up his poetry. ‘The Underclassman’ Is Based on Early Fitzgerald 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z But they also connect because they’re gifted egotists who share core qualities that drove them down different paths: Billy, an ex-addict, sees Daisy’s erratic behavior as a byproduct of the desperate self-medicating he perfectly understands. Review | ‘Daisy Jones & the Six,’ rocking through the ’70s with rote emotions 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z We have posh steak houses for your egotists and specialty clubs of all flavors to satisfy their various kinks. Perspective | Immigrants looking for new lives are not a National Guard emergency 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z "It's a big risk to tell your story through the prism of a morally repugnant egotist, a financial abuser who used his manipulative carnival-barker skills to control and exploit his vulnerable star attraction," he wrote. Elvis biopic: Austin Butler praised, but mixed reviews for film 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z I find it difficult to root for a team led by a pompous, self-righteous, egotist! Letters to Sports: March Madness continues, now without UCLA 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z There’s a broadly drawn “cynical egotist gets his mojo back” plot as Cage learns to reconnect with his daughter and his craft through Javi. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a Nic Cage meme as a movie 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Steele, meanwhile, told agents during an October 2016 meeting in Rome that one of his sources was a “boaster” and “egotist” and “may engage in some embellishment,” according to the inspector general’s report. Steele dossier sources, methods face new scrutiny after indictment of key figure 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z "He was a man of few words, but an egotist and commanded respect." Malkhan Singh: The surrender of India's bandit king 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The American Prospect labeled his arguments “churlish payback” from an egotist who didn’t get a big administration job. Why Washington Can’t Quit Listening to Larry Summers 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z He is too stubborn to be an egotist. Willie Mays Carries the Torch for His Generation 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z “Citizen Kane,” added the critic, was “an almost clinical dissection of a complete egotist” and “a study of magnificent futility.” Unearthed review ruins the 100% Rotten Tomatoes score for ‘Citizen Kane’ — knocking it below ‘Paddington 2’ 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Nico Thomas said he enjoyed playing a character he described as an egotist, which contradicts Thomas’s personality. High school theater stays active during pandemic 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z He called Nixon a “pragmatist” and Trump an “egotist.” Analysis: Trump’s vote diatribe both shocking, unsurprising 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z “Disloyal” may be unique as an insider’s mea culpa but, it does little to increase my tolerance or understanding of hatchet men and desperate wannabes such as Cohen or egotists such as Trump. Feedback: Is 'The Avengers' perfect pandemic TV? And what have we learned from Trump books? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Journalist, Nazi resistance fighter and Wall Street consultant were among his callings; spy, egotist and “dangerous gadfly” were among the accusations. Review | Pursuing truth — and fame — a reporter blurred journalism’s boundaries 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z “He’s made mistakes and I think he’s too much of an egotist, but I’m still going to vote for him,” said Anders, 36, who lives in the small town of Martinsburg. Historic unemployment rate upends Trump’s reelection bid 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z But then there’s that second, trickier story: about Kojima the egotist, a man grown too infatuated with his own ideas. Go read this New York Times profile of the inscrutable Hideo Kojima 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z It was the moment Ibrahimovic did away with any attempt to resist his reputation as an egotist and decided to lean into it, to not just be Zlatan but to play him, too. The Lion in Twilight: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Perception and Reality 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The notes show that Mr. Steele called the person collectively known as Person 1 and Source E a “boaster” and egotist” who “may engage in some embellishment.” FBI’s wiretap of Trump campaign triggered by anonymous call 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z After all, that bull-necked English egotist said he wanted to leave three years ago. Brexit is just one front in Europe’s battle for its soul | Timothy Garton Ash 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Even an egotist like Trump has to grasp, at a certain point, that he's in a hellish loop of self-ownage. Fox News will finally let Trump surrender on the wall — as long as he pretends he won 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z And after the recent victories by a lightly experienced senator, Barack Obama, and the unconventional egotist Trump, the presidential mold is thoroughly broken. Opinion | The 2020 presidential horse race has officially begun 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z An egotist and proud of it, West boasts a documented history of outspokenness with more than a few regrettable gaffes. Is it OK to like Kanye West again? | Gary Suarez 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Both books are populated by egotists and opportunists, the quest for scientific priority, nationalism, ignorance, suspicion and doubts. Atomic bombs through wars hot and cold 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z "I'm such an egotist, I love it! I can't tell you what it does for my street cred with my grandchildren." Bake Off jumps on vegan trend for new series 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Jackson’s is an essentially sympathetic account of de Gaulle in London—which does not keep de Gaulle from seeming even more of an egotist and a prima donna than his previous biographers had made him. How Charles de Gaulle Rescued France 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Is he not also a bit of an egotist, as when he compared himself to Albert Einstein and George Washington? Trying to make sense of the contradictions of Bryson DeChambeau - Golf Digest 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Trump is not a dogmatist; he is an egotist. Opinion | This will never be normal 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Most voters knew before the election that Mr. Trump was a crude, freewheeling, womanizing egotist, a man who very well might finance his ventures with money from sketchy sources. To Beat Trump, Get a Grip 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z How dare McCain say I am a naïve egotist with a sympathy for autocrats who abjectly abased myself before a tyrant and failed to defend American values? Opinion | Trump and His Very Special Guest 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Chesterton argued that the egotist is the exact opposite of the dogmatist. Opinion | Loyalty to Trump demands a lack of character 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z According to Mr. Alexander, liberals are self-righteous egotists who use their positions of power to “lecture, judge and disdain” those who don’t agree with them. Opinion | Are Liberals Too Smug and Self-Righteous? 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z His petulant spats with Mayor DeBlasio points to a petty, jealous, small minded egotist distressingly similar to Trump; a man who holds grudges that hurt taxpayers and just wants to be adored. The Gendered Politics of Andrew Cuomo, Emasculator in Chief 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z I don’t see the rush for the egotists that entertain world leaders and celebrities in their owners’ boxes. ESports just a gateway drug to hook lost generation of sports junkies 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Gail: We are now really well aware of the difference between an egotist, which is pretty much all politicians, and a narcissist, which is somebody you just cannot have in the top job. Opinion | The Violence That Never Sleeps 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The egotist believes that all his views are interesting because they are related to him. Opinion | Loyalty to Trump demands a lack of character 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z In fact, ride the subways, you self-centered egotist! As de Blasio Looks to 2nd Term, He Sees a City Threatened by Trump 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The boss may tolerate the problems these egotists cause by clashing with supervisors, colleagues, subordinates or clients—until they become more trouble than they’re worth. How to Know When You’re on Thin Ice at Work 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Mayweather is a master of the wind-up, in the ring and outside it, an egotist who delivers on his boasts, or did until he retired unbeaten after 49 bouts. Gervonta Davis talks a good fight but Floyd Mayweather Jr steals limelight 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Both now will be led by egotists who pressure the press and react poorly to dissent, and whose exclusionary rhetoric and policies threaten their nations’ core inheritances of openness and pluralism. The Strongman Problem, from Modi to Trump 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z An egotist is only served by showing subservience to his commands and enthusiasm for his enthusiasms. Opinion | Loyalty to Trump demands a lack of character 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z But the Russian and Turkish Presidents are ambitious men, formidable egotists determined to dominate the political lives of their countries. Donald Trump's New World Order Puts Nation Over Globe 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z “And, as an egotist, I am keeping myself alive. I am remembered.” Telling Their Life Stories, Older Adults Find Peace in Looking Back 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z In a competition too full of self-involved, preening egotists, this was the best comment of all. Reflections From Rio 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Let’s focus on the most revealing aspect of this week’s turmoil within a party now aghast over the unstable egotist at the top of its ticket. The Republican Party has lost its soul 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Against that is his reputation as a disorganized egotist—a mercurial, shape-shifting opportunist rather than a disciplined team player. Who Will Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister? 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z He is invisible because he is not an egotist, and because he is devoted to the president. The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama’s Foreign-Policy Guru 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z He says it is generally the egotists, those who like to take command, even to the point of arrogance, who succeed. Will Steve Jobs' management style get you to the top? - BBC News 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z This is the act of an egotist, a selfish individual who has consistently proved himself not to be a team player but one who pursues self-interest. Liberal leadership spill: Malcolm Turnbull ousts Tony Abbott as Australian PM – as it happened 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Others have responded that Gabrielsson is an egotist whose belief that she alone can interpret Larsson's wishes posthumously has alienated the people who might have been willing to work with her. You just can't kill Lisbeth Salander 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Hence Frank Lloyd Wright, modernist and egotist, detested it. The proposed Eisenhower memorial is a monstrosity 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z What makes these two histrionic egotists bearable is the lush music Mr. Porter has given them: “Wunderbar,” “So in Love” and “Were Thine That Special Face.” Review: A Rambunctious Production of ‘Kiss Me Kate’ in Hartford 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Hollywood, then, may be predictably full of egotists but not jerks. The Two Faces of Narcissism: Admiration Seeking and Rivalry 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z This is the act of an egotist, a selfish individual who has consistently proved himself not to be a team player but one who pursues self-interest. Liberal leadership spill: Malcolm Turnbull ousts Tony Abbott as Australian PM – as it happened 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z They may tag you as overly ambitious, or a climber, or an arrogant egotist. What To Do When No One Understands You 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z I am a writer and therefore a monstrous egotist. The Writer's Room 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z “Look at the passage on ‘self-love’ — the egotist,” he said. Consider Pete Rose for Hall of Fame, but don’t let him back into baseball 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Writers can be egotists, but no one is crazy enough to think an op-ed is bigger than this decade-long experiment in space. Why I'm most critical of the things I love 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Simon described Lai as an instinctive backer of underdogs rather than an "egotist" who believes that he will single-handedly change China. Hong Kong's loud American defies pro-Beijing 'smear campaign' 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Also known as brilliant jerks, destructive heroes are egotists, prima donnas, anything but team players. The Long Odds of Reforming an Employee Who Is a ‘Destructive Hero’ 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z He is a male egotist, in other words – and a knowing anatomist of male egotism. Why we love to hate Martin Amis 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z The prosecution has accused Pistorius of being a hot-headed egotist who carried a gun everywhere he went, and alleges he twice shot a firearm in public before the Valentine's Day killing. Trial end approaches for Oscar Pistorius 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z An egotist who enjoyed playing cat-and-mouse with the police, Mr. Rader bragged of his crimes and taunted the police with letters, poems and packages delivered to local news agencies and left in public places. Ken Landwehr, Who Played Key Role in Capture of Serial Killer, Dies at 59 2014-01-16T01:55:25Z Part genius, part recluse, part egotist, part retiring academic, Lawrence was a man who conjured extreme emotions in everyone who ever met him. TE Lawrence: a legend born in Wales 2013-08-16T08:47:37Z One woman told me that business building had turned her into an egotist and provoked unprecedented anxiety that led her to abuse alcohol for the first time. Entrepreneurship Changes You--and Not Always for the Better 2013-04-30T04:00:00Z Many see themselves as tremendously effective leaders, but they are actually tremendous egotists. 7 Reasons You Can't Learn Leadership on Your Own 2013-03-25T12:52:36Z He is not an egotist who claims he should be protected ahead of promising younger divers. Pete Waterfield: "When you lose your living, you're in trouble" 2013-02-11T14:32:27Z No room for egotists of Handball and Basketball. Cycling to get increased funding 2012-12-17T12:41:25Z While properly sympathetic to the player's experiences at the hands of an ambitious father, he does not avoid the flaws of a man he describes as "the selfless egotist, the insufferable charmer". Christmas gifts 2012: the best sport books 2012-11-28T13:00:04Z They’re charismatic egotists, and they’re often away from home for long stretches of time. All of this can be equally true of powerful women, of course, and yet they’re far less inclined to cheat. Why Powerful Men Cheat 2012-11-16T10:55:00Z The findings do not mean we are self-absorbed egotists, the researchers say. Our Own Words Enchant Us 2012-09-25T12:15:00.427Z He is an egotist, who thinks the world revolves around him. The Fiver 2012-07-05T15:02:00Z But to the colleagues who have worked with Venter for decades, his reputation as an egotist can be puzzling. Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Save the World 2012-05-30T15:30:01Z Do you mean to tell me that the most self-inebriated egotist on earth ever read right through the Daily Telegraph? The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z In his official despatches, as well as in private letters to friends in England, Sir George Bowen revealed himself as a genial though apparently unconscious egotist. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z But you didn't forget the biscuit for your bird, egotist! Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Because I was becoming too much like you, a grasping egotist with no interest in anything or anyone except his own reputation, James thought furiously, but he replied simply: “I've gotta go.” The pi that wasn't round 2012-03-14T18:20:46.017Z Both were big men, both were egotists, both were dyspeptics. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Man of letters, man of fashion, man of hideous vices, Oscar Wilde remained to the last moment of his murdered life, a self-conscious egotist. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z This fellow came here yesterday, and he's the greatest combination of fool and egotist I ever saw. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Would it be fair for a believer in Bacon to denounce you as an egotist and charge you with "obstreperousness" because you merely suggested that Mr. Bacon was a little off in his astronomical opinions? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Though eulogizing Paine's efforts in behalf of American Independence, he describes him as "coarse and uncouth in his manners, loathsome in his appearance, and a disgusting egotist." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z The book exhibits its author as an amiable egotist, careful of his own reputation, given to prolixity and undistinguished by wit, but a good observer of men and manners. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Some of the most elegant carriages are so narrow as to be termed “egotists.” What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z But those of us who have, recognise that with very few exceptions they are all egotists, although some conceal it from the unobservant more deftly than others. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z He had not that stern commanding manner which is usual to egotists of the clerical order, but was of the mild, persuasive kind, that wins the rough heart and calms the stormy passions. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z He is a great person, a colossal egotist who in his journeyings takes up the whole road. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z In fact, as he was a man who thought of nothing but himself, he had never allowed himself to undergo the slightest annoyance because of a woman, for egotists never love. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z He was an ironist entangled in his own net and an egotist bitten with self-distrust, concealing his wounds in self-assertion and his hesitancies in an external aggressiveness. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The qualities of this bold, racy, and brawny egotist can be best conveyed in a biographical form. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z He was never at any period an egotist in a narrow way. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z It is healthy for a man to be an egotist—especially if he is a colossal one. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z She was a type of womanhood who enjoys a heroic pose,—a type that is unconsciously responsible for the braggart and the egotist. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z You know the definition of an egotist: "a person who insists on talking about himself, when you want to talk about yourself." The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z He had reached that ideal of stormy conceit in which, according to Emerson, the egotist declares, "Difference from me is the measure of absurdity." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z She is a wayward, desperate sort of creature; she is a coward, an ingrate, a worthless and feeble egotist. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Line by line he and Traubel, egotists both, but honest, thoughtful, artfully inartistic, have drawn a portrait, the like of which is not to be found. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z When affairs went well with him, he was not an unamiable man; but he was a selfish egotist, with the devil's own temper on occasion. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z That he was somewhat of an egotist cannot be denied. Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England 2011-11-14T03:00:21.670Z The narrative reveals an egotist, but it reveals as certainly one of the most striking characters of the Middle Ages. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Why, with Louie ready and glad to lose her soul for him, he was the very egotist of faithfulness! The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z After all, I think there are only two kinds of people in the world, lovers and egotists. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Besides being the very child of Nature’s fantasy, he was the prince of literary egotists. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z He was a master egotist—a superindividualist—the very acme of selfishness. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Wait a few years, until you become an egotist yourself. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Whatever may be said of the zealots of Catholicism, one thing is certain: they are no egotists; they take a warm interest in their fellow-men—alas! often a little too warm an interest. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z They are equally egotists, equally wrapt up in themselves, and convinced that self alone is worth living for in this nether world. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z He is a pitiful egotist, who seeks nothing but his own diversion; indifferent whose peace, comfort, or reputation pays its purchase.' The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z I found myself in a clique of wrangling egotists, and not in a body of sensible co-operative supporters. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z In life, too, he was no egotist, and seldom spoke of his likings and dislikings. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z Though I may be superficial, you are a selfish egotist, and you find your happiness in the tears and suffering of those who love you! Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z But the egotist in him isn't satisfied with that because it doesn't make headlines for him. Q&A: Mark Gonzales' White Sox mailbag 2011-08-05T21:10:00Z Are all women in life egotists that they can’t bear that the eyes of the beloved don’t rest on them every moment?” The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z "You showed that insufferable egotist the door in the politest and firmest manner possible." The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z It is, perhaps, fortunate that you were not at home, except that you would have been saved this fine specimen of what an egotist can write. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z Formerly the hunters after pensions, the egotists who wanted to snap up everything and leave nothing for the people, were called nobles; now it is the bourgeois trained by the Jesuits. The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War 2011-07-27T02:00:38.240Z You are afraid of being termed an egotist; you, who within these ten minutes have assured me that not any opinion of any human being should prevent you from doing, saying, writing—any thing— ALDA. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z The true egotist ends with a feeling of loathing and disgust, not only towards the world, but himself. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z The rich man is usually a complete egotist, whose philanthropy has a political purpose or a social ambition as its mainspring. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z I know what a thorough egotist I am; when anything annoys me I think of no one but myself. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z As to Kamionka, no one would have thought that this rather aged original and egotist had ever loved his wife more than he loved his existence. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z A writer in the last generation defined an egotist to be "One who would burn down his neighbor's house to boil an egg for himself." Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z The unfeeling man could not weep: the blessing of tears was denied him; and the vanished spell left the egotist cold and unsatisfied. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z As compared with the Tuscan, the Venetian is a confirmed egotist. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z But I tell you that your paragon, in spite of his excellent qualities, his scholarship, his cleverness, and so forth, is as crass an egotist as ever wore pantaloons. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z Montaigne, in his “Essays,” is a pure and perfect egotist, naked and not ashamed. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z On the way home the other egotist waylaid him, with his opinion of old Busby's hallucination and general sanity since the saddler could remember him. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z He clinched his teeth even while he smiled, mentally called the prince a smooth, cold egotist, and was convinced that he was a martyr of self-sacrifice in comparison with this man. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Now, Bill, I’m egotist enough to think This girl could do no better. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z As a matter of fact, it is much better to be shy and self-conscious than to be a pert, aggressive egotist. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z But Chateaubriand was himself too supremely an egotist to be securely attached to another egotist’s interest by any flattery that could be bestowed upon him. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z But the inveterate egotist was conveniently full of himself, and his pat retort quite free from offence. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z When two egotists meet, each, with mournful self-satisfaction, considers himself the victim of the other. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z But he has gotten into all kinds of movements and has been so widely advertised that he has become a monumental egotist. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z The whole existence of the actor is lax and casual; the manager is the capricious leader of an irresponsible band of egotists. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z This precisely because I did not know you were an egotist. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z But the baron was a man of vast self-command; one of those cool-headed cool-hearted egotists who rarely act upon impulse, or compromise their interests by ill-timed impetuosity. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z But I will confess to you, to you alone of all human beings, that this haughty, envied Ottmar became a crushed, wearied, joyless man, an egotist,--who does not even love himself. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z This result suggests that charisma influences how egotists’ ideas are received, but the ideas themselves are no more creative than average. Two Narcissists Are Better Than One (or Three) 2011-04-07T12:15:00.237Z Posito! so much the more gladly will the innocent heart reconcile itself to make her father's fortune, if she is not the greatest egotist. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z His life is interesting in itself, and instructive by way of an example to egotists for all time to come. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z What's it like being a part of that huge mass?It's a carefully managed thing, because I think the greatest danger to us would be hubris – getting lost in our own pride and becoming egotists. Gamesblog Live: Bioware's Mike Laidlaw talks narrative and games as art 2011-02-22T11:57:51Z The egotist had reached the end of his career, and could neither advance nor recede. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z I compelled respect but now from that insolent egotist, who despises money merely because he possesses it in abundance, and who parades as romanticism his dreamy idle existence. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z Edwin had only one god to worship, and that was himself—a deity so congenial that the egotist was most devout in his religion. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Gertrud, I am no longer the cold egotist who knows nothing but ambition. Herman A Novel 2011-02-03T03:00:12.287Z Still being egotists, most of us, and regarding ourselves as specialists in the issuing of the sympathy that heals, we mostly fail. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z Vanity was the tie by which she endeavored to unite the egotist to a great cause, until its own nature could enter into him and raise him above himself. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z I can’t understand why the critics have all thrown so many vitriolic fits about her book and called her the master egotist. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z I am a thorough egotist, who has no idol but self. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z The word that best describes the individualist is "egotist." Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z Joan was too much of an egotist to enter willingly into competitions where she had no chance to excel. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z To them he is the cold-hearted egotist, the bitter jester, who believes in nothing, least of all in love. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z He looks upon me as an egotist, a gambler, a speculator, a cut-throat--I don't know what not! The Breaking of the Storm, Vol. I. 2010-12-20T17:12:22.067Z "You shall learn, you miserable egotist, whom gross selfishness drives to any amount of self-sacrifice for a friend; but before I tell you you must know what has happened to-day." Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z So instead of the words "individualist," "egotist" and "capitalist," I am going to use the French word "bourgeois." Twentieth Century Socialism What It Is Not; What It Is: How It May Come 2011-01-17T03:00:51.213Z Joan was not yet quite the hard young egotist she intended to become. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z I became what I am, what my acquaintances know me to be, what they have called me to you--a cold egotist. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z “Let us tear away the veil,” he continued; “for surely I am no egotist when I say to you that from the beginning it was more than this.” Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z It was due to my position as confirmed egotist to provide for my own welfare first; now I am at liberty to fulfil other duties which I have undertaken. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z My initial impression was that it was a bunch of pseudo-spiritual egotists who really cared more about sculpting their arms than finding inner peace and enlightenment. On the Run: Unlocking the Runner Within Without Taking a Step 2010-10-24T05:00:00Z There is no compassion, just self serving egotists. — think123 There are those who regard lower Manhattan “hallowed ground” – not suitable as a site for Muslims to worship. Muslim Leaders Stand by Islamic Center Near Ground Zero 2010-09-20T18:11:00Z Garzon is a hero to leftists and international human rights groups like Amnesty International, but a headline-loving egotist with a grudge against the right in the eyes of Spanish conservatives. Spain?s Judge Garzon Charged With Abuse of Power 2010-04-07T12:08:00Z He's not a egotist, tougher than he looks. Budget 2010: Deadpan Darling sets the right tone| Michael White 2010-03-24T16:00:00Z He was, in fact, not only the greatest king, but the greatest egotist the world has ever known, and in the end believed himself a god. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Seldom, for his part is adverse to it; he remains almost always in this contradictory position—a liberal in principle, an egotist in practice, wanting, yet not willing. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 She was not the type of egotist who thinks always, "How terrible that this should have happened to me!" Manslaughter For the egotist is he who makes claims upon others, and the Individualist will not desire to do that. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man I know I have chosen a poor subject to talk about, but then I confess myself to be an egotist. The Man Who Rose Again And I even prided myself on my lofty sentiments, conceited egotist that I was. The Wish A Novel I am what you might call a national egotist. A Yankee from the West A Novel But, jovial as his manner was, he was an uncompromising egotist where his own quiet and comfort were concerned. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. "I think it's a good excuse for egotists." Cinderella Jane I intend to paint a woman who would sell her soul for pleasure—a conscienceless, fascinating egotist—a corrupt charmer—saved by a certain na�vet�. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece "A weak, worthless egotist—not fit to have children—not fit to have a friend——" Asshlin stared at him for a moment in speechless surprise; then indignation surmounted every other feeling. The Gambler A Novel We're all egotists of course; but most of us are the common or garden variety, and have an occasional suspicion that we're pretty selfish and intolerant and vain. The Book of Susan A Novel The Vagabond is always an egotist; the egotism may be often amusing, and is rarely uninteresting. The Vagabond in Literature The suicide is not a coward, he is an egotist; as he struggled with his own worst self something of the deeper and nobler comprehension of human weakness and human suffering was revealed to him. Lafcadio Hearn I was egotist enough to think I should only have to ask, to put out my hand to her! A Top-Floor Idyl "The weak, worthless egotist has come to the end of his rope!" The Gambler A Novel Ambo," she said earnestly, "I suppose I'm a dreadful egotist, but more and more I'm feeling the real me isn't a true child of this world! The Book of Susan A Novel Among our Vagabonds the two most pronounced egotists are Borrow and Whitman. The Vagabond in Literature "Think of the egotists who are not a success." The Dual Alliance I have told you a thousand times what you are to me, and I will not tell you again because I don't want to be an egotist. Plashers Mead A Novel All egotists are but men who have more than the average ego, more than ordinary individuality. A Modern Wizard Man is so naïvely egotist, it takes a good deal to convince him, once the idea has been accepted, that he is not the object of an unalterable devotion. The Book of Susan A Novel Every Vagabond swaggers because he is an egotist more or less, and relishes keenly the life he has mapped out for himself. The Vagabond in Literature I save my egotist with a sense of humour, which is only a sense of proportion. The Dual Alliance This is the genuine peasant, for the genuine peasant is really the greatest egotist, thinking only of his own profit, though the whole world beside should fall to pieces. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine The supreme egotist, therefore, has most of all. A Modern Wizard Her heroines are, therefore, sensuous egotists who according to her own words seek nothing, wish for nothing, desire nothing but their own satisfaction, without regard to others. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) A great egotist can never be a great lover. The Vagabond in Literature So, no wonder the astonished and gratified egotist called out for more; "more"—"more letters, dear Bettina," "write to me as often as you can." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 The old egotist knew then what he had to do. Gertrude's Marriage But I have accomplished more than any other mortal man, and that is a gratifying thought, to an egotist. A Modern Wizard An egotist always sees the egotism of other people. The New Warden "Come, don't play the egotist, but drink to whoever you consider the greatest man in the world!" Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 But, unfortunately, in truth, you are a terrible little egotist. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June "Really, child," he declared, laughing, "I am an egotist of the purest water." Gertrude's Marriage "You are the most supreme egotist that I have ever met." A Modern Wizard Discontented women are always egotists; they view everything in regard to themselves, and have therefore the defective sympathies that belong to low organizations. Maids Wives and Bachelors Daily did they reproach each other; the former considering the latter a frivolous sensualist, the latter considering the former a cold, selfish egotist. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors It is possibly apparent to the reader by this time that Mr. Douglass was somewhat of an egotist, whose personal estimation of himself bulked large in his stock in trade. The Song of the Wolf He knew it all very well, just as the old egotist told it to him. Gertrude's Marriage In this way the circle of Liberalism completes itself, having in humanity its good principle, in the egotist and every 'private' person its evil one; in the former its God, in the latter its devil. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory Besides, she was an egotist, and livened under talk of herself. The House of Fulfilment For one moment of time the egotist seemed to be rapt beyond himself; he was serving the great god Whist. The Return of the Prodigal But, for the sake of a few fine imaginative or domestic passages, are we to be bullied into a certain philosophy engendered in the whims of an egotist? Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 We men are all egotists with one another I assure you. Gertrude's Marriage They have often told me that I'm an egotist; and as for me, I sometimes say to myself: What has one a right to? Pierre and Luce Cobbett was an egotist, it must be allowed, and a violent-tempered, vindictive man; but his honesty, his love of truth and liberty, few who are not blinded by party opinion can doubt. Old and New London Volume I “What a prodigious egotist your friend is, Mr. Dredge,” observed the Professor, as soon as he had gone out of hearing. Talkers With Illustrations He is a great egotist, and does not like to listen to other people when they talk about themselves. Home Life of Great Authors He had gone a few steps when the old egotist looked round once more. Gertrude's Marriage Tell me very frankly, is that being an egotist? Pierre and Luce The strength of his imagination leads him to indulge in fantastic opinions; the elevation of his rank sets censure at defiance, he becomes a pampered egotist. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Mr. Snodgrass is a man who, without any injustice to him, may be referred to as an egotist. Talkers With Illustrations Being a decided egotist himself, it was painfully hard for the distinguished American to subordinate himself for so long a time, and his friends amused themselves very much at the idea. Home Life of Great Authors You recognise in this case the truly moral man, and feel that the others are only egotists in comparison with him. The Place of Anarchism in Socialistic Evolution An Address Delivered in Paris He invented gloriole as a contemptuous diminutive of glorie; to describe that vanity of some egotists, so proud of the small talents which they may have received from nature or from accident. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 We people who write and paint and all that sort of thing are a breed of insatiable egotists, Lady Harman. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman He guards against the exhibition of his own wisdom, knowledge, goodness, as a boaster or egotist. Talkers With Illustrations Egotism in the religious form is perhaps more tolerated than in any other; but it is not on that account less perilous to the egotist himself. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. I'm an egotist's pride, though in silence I reign; And, through free from sorrow, I'm always in pain. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 With difficulty he restrained himself from slipping the cuffs and springing at the insolent egotist's throat. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story While far from being an egotist, the Jesuit knew that he alone was the thinking power of that cause which to him was dearer than life. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts An egotist, of course, but what youth was ever anything else? The Passionate Friends He was an egotist and a man of impulse. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) One is an egotist, I suppose, when he finds himself and his needs and whims essentially worth while. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author He does not seem to have tried deliberately to reveal himself, yet he has revealed himself in that short personal note-book almost as much as the great inspired egotists, Rousseau and St. Augustine. Five Stages of Greek Religion This exploit seems to have been a venture of Vaudreuil's, and its failure, an extremely expensive one, cost that lively egotist and his friends a severe pang. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 For Dalis was the master egotist always, and never overlooked opportunity to gain something for himself. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Nobody, indeed, can dislike egotism like an egotist. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) If he had known it, he was acting like the sentimentalists whom he ridiculed, but he suffered from the egotist's fate, he did not recognize his own failing. Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author Steve was quite the reckless egotist, out of love with his wife, mentally jaded, and weary of the game––and his enemies surmised all this in rough fashion and were making their plans accordingly. The Gorgeous Girl As an enlightened egotist, Bismarck felt that it was “only fair” to acknowledge French help with the left bank of the Rhine. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck Carroll was a wit, a gentleman, a bore and an egotist—and, like Hans Andersen, a spoilt child. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 No one could say nastier things of that very different egotist, Wordsworth; nor could anyone, outside the sacred clique, pay him heartier compliments. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) "You mean to say that you are an egotist." Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author April 20.—The generation crowding on this fogyish one will sit in court of justice over the evil-doers, over the helpless, over the egotists who are to-day at work. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Then, wondering what new resolve stirred the depths of this master egotist of the earth, he watched emotions flash to and fro across the face of Dalis, watched the color return to his cheeks. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 Mr. Huntingdon was an ambitious man; he was more, he was a profound egotist. Wee Wifie A thoroughgoing egotist must think himself the centre of gravity of the world, and all change of relations must mean that others have moved away from him. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) He kept saying to himself: "Blindness has made me that, an egotist beggar." Claire The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, By a Blind Author There are whole passages in his works in which he seems engaged in expressing Chapman to Chapman, like the deaf egotist who only placed his trumpet to his ear when he himself talked. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Maxwell was no egotist, and was always prone to see only an impersonal significance in parish compliments. Hepsey Burke It is needless to say that such a scheme could only find hospitable reception in the head of a spiteful, inflated, and unprincipled egotist, for such an egotist Mr. Johnson assuredly is. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 His egotism—for he is still an egotist—here takes a different shape. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) "Go on, you supreme egotist," said Brady in his usual solemn tones, "climb the tree, where I cannot hear your voice, and stay there a long time." The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain They are religious egotists, in fact, and nothing can be more disagreeable than a religious egotist. Progress and History But at the same time he stands apart from all the other great egotists. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century "Yes," said he, "I am condemned to exile; and, egotist as I am, I would bind you to me by indissoluble ties before I leave France." The Regent's Daughter The rude man or woman is an egotist, seeking to assert his or her individuality without regard for the sensibilities of others. The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession Mr. Pepys was a quaint fellow and no Goethean egotist; but he managed to put a peculiar flavour of style—with a rhythm and a colour all its own—into his meticulous gossip. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations It is more likely that she fell into the usual error of all proud egotists,—that of estimating the capacity of a foe by her own. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The patronizing air with which he made this speech, slapping me at the same time familiarly upon the back, showed him in his true character of egotist. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages This man Olvery, like so many specialists, is evidently a dogmatic egotist.” The Mystery of the Green Ray He lives entirely for himself, he is an egotist; but to believe in one' self—even an egotist cannot do that: we can believe only in something which is outside us and above us.... Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 In recent times, some of the most fascinating of our literary guides have been philosophical egotists. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations It shows but little understanding of the poem or of human nature to censure �neas as a cold egotist. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Cowper was, to her mind, a vapourish egotist and a fanatic. Anna Seward and Classic Lichfield The father, colossal egotist that he was, heard Phil’s protests with mild amusement and quiet pride in his independence, for he loved this boy with deep tenderness. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan In other words, he must have been an egotist, which he was not. My Recollections of Lord Byron Belonging to the race of Scott and Dumas, of the romantic narrators and creators, Stevenson belonged no less to that of Montaigne and the literary egotists.... Studies in Literature and History He will see that these croupiers are in most cases men whose names posterity will hand down, if it hands them down at all, as those of stony egotists, and sometimes of gigantic thieves. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 To her an egotist was also a bluff. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters If he were not egotist as well as coward he would need no excuse. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 So the self-revelation of this young egotist went on and on until sleep laid a finger on her lips. The Cricket Overbeck was not thus the egotist or a man craving for glory, but merely the humblest of servants seeking some inconspicuous place among the followers of Christ, and desiring to be numbered with God's elect. Overbeck He spoke with the strong dislike of the idealist, devoted in practice to an everyday ministry to human need, for the intellectual egotist. Robert Elsmere As the Marchioness de Montespan lost her power over the royal egotist, Madame de Maintenon. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges My own experience, gleaned entirely from the genial little egotist whose wife I was, had taught me that men never noticed anything. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy Why, even the menace to his beautiful Julianna was not quite sufficient to cause this egotist to forget his duties toward himself! The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle Sprudell was conscious that he was being measured,69 and, egotist though he was, he was equally aware that Bruce’s observations still left him in some doubt. The Man from the Bitter Roots He is, I fear, a selfish, brutal business-man—an egotist who would sacrifice you both instantly if it would add to his comfort of mind or body. The Tyranny of the Dark Some persons are such egotists that rather than not be conspicuous, they will even speak ill of themselves. The Young Man's Guide I hate to believe that the man I care for, would deliberately act the part of a cruel egotist.” At Fault Against the cunning dissection of the character of Charles Giddey, a worthless and conceited egotist, I have no complaint to make. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 He was a narrow man, an egotist, unlearned, too, save in the cruder forms of his calling, but he was sincere. David Malcolm He was a successful man, and, like all successful men, he was an egotist. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 He has been described as an "egotist," but I challenge the description. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Besides, should the character of the Revolution be such as we have sketched here, the free initiative of individuals would find an extensive field of action in thwarting the efforts of the egotists. The Conquest of Bread Mrs. Wiley, you have undoubtedly discerned, is one of those self-centered egotists who simply cannot permit people to live any way but her way. Old Mr. Wiley On our knees the egotist must die, and the altruist be born. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year We admire the man because he is such a sublime egotist—he is so fearfully honest. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Montaigne, in his "Essays," is a pure and perfect egotist, naked, and not ashamed. Classic French Course in English It was the face of a fanatic—wonderful, fascinating, cruel—a fanatic who neither feared God nor regarded man—an infinite egotist. The Crooked House "A soulless activity," says Canon Ainger, "may save a man from vagrancy only by turning him into a thing; or it may keep him from idleness by making him an egotist." Men in the Making "A tribe of egotists for whom I have always had a mortal aversion."—"Spectator." The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. "You will think me an egregious egotist, Miss Holland, I fear." An American Suffragette Hence oblivion, often unjust, is the punishment which the egotist suffers. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield I am not such an egotist as to suppose my experiences to be altogether unique; but I know them to be curious and in places surprising. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography All men are egotists, they only persuade themselves they are not selfish by swearing so often, that at last they believe what they say. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida The man who can see no flaws in himself is an egotist, a cad, and a shallow fool! Frank Merriwell's Races It is only those who do not know her, or who have only met her in the conflict of opposing wills, who pronounce her, as some have done, a cold and heartless egotist. Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Cranley was one of those egotists who do undoubtedly exist, but whose existence, when they are discovered, is a perpetual surprise even to the selfish race of men. The Mark Of Cain And then the two young egotists fell silent, each one of them lost in outlining a future in which he himself was the central point, the guiding principle of all things. The Brentons "The little girl at the corner sent you these," he said; and Winifred smiled as if it were the most natural thing in the world for that cross-grained egotist to do a thing like that. Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Do not think me an egotist for speaking of myself, I am only clearing away the less important information to arrive at that which most interests you. The Privateersman Just the things that I play to myself when I'm weary of listening to humanity tell of its ills and aches—the egotist! The Madigans There was a blunt candour about the reply that even from an egotist like Stead meant infinitely more than the soothing-syrup idealism dispensed by some of the visiting prophets to this country. The Masques of Ottawa If I had not retained the self-possession of an egotist, I should have reflected that it was not the thing to notice the vulgar wit of a circus-clown. The Blunders of a Bashful Man Stupid nurses frighten children with a beggar, a gypsy, or an egotist, but mature people know that egotism is a universal right; and, moreover, good business. The Argonauts So well deserved is Rogers' fame, That friends, who hear him most, advise The egotist to change his name To "Argus," with his hundred I's! The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Am I a miserable egotist, possessed of stupid vanity? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians The capacity for convincing himself of his own righteousness is the most effective weapon in the egotist's armoury, and Henry's egotism touched the sublime. Henry VIII. He is dramatic, powerful, a maker of storms, a subduer of tempests; but his speech is the speech of a self-centered egotist. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques Montgomery, too, is almost as much of an egotist as Wordsworth; and thence, frequently, his power. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 The world has room for every type, so that it be not actively noxious, and this whimsical egotist may well have his place in the catalogue. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson "On the whole," mused Anthony, looking him up and down with a reflective eye, "you 're an effulgent sort of egotist, as egotists go; but you yield much cry for precious little wool." The Lady Paramount Only an egotist who has known them in books only, and knows nothing of their mentality and brain power, would dare say that they are governed solely by instinct. The Human Side of Animals Being a born mimicker of other men, a very German in industry, and a great egotist, he began casting about for other models. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques She was not an egotist; she was only intensely interested in herself as the single specimen of humanity which she was able to study exhaustively. The Farringdons But those of us who have, recognise that with very few exceptions they are all egotists, although some conceal it from the unobservant more deftly than others. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Like the little egotist she was, as most children, she valued this new friend for all the good things that came from her, and found she could "work" Ernestine much easier than her mother. One Woman's Life You will misjudge Job if you think him egotist. A Hero and Some Other Folks Those who regard him as a mere self-advertising egotist may be surprised to hear that there is perhaps no man of whose private life less could be positively said by an outsider. George Bernard Shaw Hermits and solitaires are always egotists, I believe. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems Beethoven," says Old Fogy, is "dramatic, powerful, a maker of storms, a subduer of tempests; but his speech is the speech of a self-centred egotist. A Book of Prefaces Ruth Dale was no common egotist, but her charm and magnetism had often taken her close to others' needs, and she was eager, always, to answer any demand made upon her. Joyce of the North Woods Man, the vain egotist, dives out of sight in God to fish up the pearl of his darling self. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life He was a mighty egotist—I see he was: he thought no more of swallowing up poor Eckermann’s existence in his own than the whale thought of swallowing Jonah. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle He had been the poet of passion, a writer of novels and plays, which, although artistic in the highest degree, showed him to be an egotist and a decadent. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Booker Washington is a tyrant, a dictator and an egotist. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Thoreau must be a stoic, he must be an egotist, he must be illogical, whenever he puts pen to paper. The Last Harvest To have gazed thoughtfully upon such a sight with unmoved sensibilities would imply a much more selfish and hard hearted egotist. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life If only the Chief knew how he had plunged along in his own way, an egotist, an iconoclast! The Loom of Youth I may be an egotist, but I cannot help that. The Circular Study All live men are egotists, and they are egotists just in proportion as they have life. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Being a sensualist, he was perforce an egotist, and the smallest of his desires became the star by which he laid his course. The President A novel For to think that his thought is superior to the purpose of God, thus making himself the real God, is too much for the extremist human egotist within the limits of sanity. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Would she like to see poor Kitty chained for life to that impassive egotist, whose very merits were repellent, and whose modesty even seemed to convict and snub you? A Chance Acquaintance Like all egotists, you think yourself alone in experience and suffering. The Circular Study And as for dictatorship, the man who advances on chaos and transforms it into cosmos is perforce a dictator and an egotist. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers The whole town soon got into a dispute as to whether the Reverend Warren Holbrook was a wise and good man, or simply a mischief-making egotist. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family This has to be, the most successful egotist, the most deluded hypocrite must inevitably meet up with himself some day and begin to know the truth versus make-believe. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul No one could tell of what a dull egotist like Bland might be capable. The Hidden Places If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Men are pretty good egotists; but I wonder if you ever thought what that means with me, with the people you have prodded up to resent the Ring in the Valley here. The Freebooters of the Wilderness I soon understood the difference that exists between those limited assemblies, composed of men of ambitious views, or egotists, and the nation itself. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Here he knew that both facts were absolutely nothing; and egotist as he was, this knowledge stirred most powerfully such depths as his nature possessed. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 1 A Novel The man was a profound, non-thinking egotist, the adventurer pure and simple, whose mentality never rose above grossness of one sort and another, in spite of a certain outward polish. The Hidden Places If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country It is that of their contemporaries outside the church, who are rationalists in history and egotists or voluntarists in philosophy. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion Three years ago he was an honest, self-denying youth, ready to devote himself to every good cause; now he was a corrupt and refined egotist, given over to personal enjoyment. The Awakening The Resurrection Under present social conditions it is perfectly clear that the poor man is compelled to be an egotist, and when he can choose, living equally well in either case, he prefers doing nothing to working. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 "You are not at all an egotist," I sneered, trying to bear up against him. The Soldier of the Valley The essayist who feeds his thoughts upon the segment of the world which surrounds him cannot avoid being an egotist; but then his egotism is not unpleasing. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country The suspension of motor-reactions to the practical world isolates the artist, cuts him off from his fellow-men, makes him in a sense an egotist. Ancient Art and Ritual His position is not exactly one of bluff, but he is the central figure of the stage; like the actor's profession the judge's job makes him an egotist. The Man in Court If I am heartless and callous, an infidel, an egotist, whatever you choose, at least I love you. A Prince of Sinners He had become an egotist and so had dared to love her. The Soldier of the Valley As each man is to himself the most important thing in the world, each man is an egotist in his thinkings, in his desires, in his fears. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country At fifteen he imagined himself well versed in Greek and Latin, and in short, was a young egotist. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business We are not boasters and egotists, we are fighters. Private Peat The egotist is seldom capable of giving efficient instruction: that lies in the nature of the case. Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances An egotist is one who talks much of himself. Unity of Good It does not, however, follow that each man must be an egotist—as the word is popularly understood—in his speech. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country He was not an egotist, but he knew she harbored a feeling akin to his own, and he built hopes on that, despite her blunt refusal, the logical reasons she had set forth. Burned Bridges Being an egotist also, if I may say so, on a national scale, he thought humanity could only be redeemed by German art. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas "But what a horrible egotist you must think me!" she exclaimed. The Splendid Folly The egotist must come down and learn, in humility, that God never made evil. Unity of Good In literature, as in social life, the attractiveness of egotism depends entirely upon the egotist. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Sir Thomas is one of the greatest egotists of literature—to use a necessary but an unpopular and a misleading epithet. Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation The most magnificent egotist of the century, it seemed to him the prime concern of mankind that Richard Wagner's works should be understood and loved. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas More was a great enthusiast, and, of course, an egotist, so that criticism ruffled his temper, notwithstanding all his Platonism. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Napoleon laid Europe waste and desolated more distant lands, but he was an enormous egotist and morally a blot on civilization. The Ascent of the Soul Montaigne and Charles Lamb are egotists of the Z. class, and the world never wearies reading them: nor are egotists of the X. school absolutely without entertainment. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Hazlitt has it that there have only been but three perfect, absolute, and unapproached egotists in all literature—Cellini, Montaigne, and Wordsworth. Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation Subsequent events did not convict him of being a mere egotist, swayed only by the current of base success. Idolatry A Romance Even Aristotle often pauses with a qualified perhaps, and the egotist Cicero with a modest it seems to me. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The obstinacy of this self-willed egotist was surely growing into a monomania, and perhaps it would have been more dangerous to oppose him than to comply with his whim. For Woman's Love Montaigne is avowedly an egotist; and by those who are inclined to make this a matter of reproach, it should be remembered that the value of egotism depends entirely on the egotist. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country He is an egotist but a valuable one, acutely aware of the depths and immensities of his own spirit and of its significant relations to this seething world without. Preaching and Paganism The bombastic egotist floats on the crest of prosperity while the philosopher starves in his tub. Wise or Otherwise If he is not an egotist, he is, at any rate, an individualist, for he considers expense, seeks only moderate and reasonable enjoyments, thinks of his children's prospects, and, in fact, he economises. Essays on Political Economy But she did not drop a hint of this to the egotist, who never imagined passive insolence to be at the bottom of the duke's forbearance. For Woman's Love But calling Montaigne an egotist does not go a great way to decipher him. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country College students modestly admitted that they were infidels and with a delicious naïveté assumed the names of Voltaire, Thomas Paine and even of that notorious and notable egotist Rousseau. Preaching and Paganism He was no egotist, but he was conscious of his superiority to all those present in the grave affairs with which they were now dealing. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad He was merciless to himself, an egotist and a vulgarian. Bunker Bean The egotist seemed not to object to having all the talk to himself. For Woman's Love But even although this were the case, the world would be divided into egotists, likable and unlikable. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country It is a cowardly thing for an egotist with an egotist's early and lively knowledge of the world and of himself to come clamouring to a girl for charity. The Firing Line A prime minister under the party system as we have had it in Canada is of necessity an egotist and autocrat. Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics Shenstone, he says, was an egotist, and his recess, true to his character, excludes the distant landscape. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century This, then, was the face that had returned wrath for wrath, remorse for remorse, passion for passion to that dark egotist Jane in the looking-glass. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance It was believed that the fat little egotist had obtained his price for selling his sister, and that his estates had been freed from all claims through the generosity of Pine. Red Money Small never alluded to himself, and thus a consummate egotist got credit for modesty. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Call the dead writer an egotist, if you will: wonder at Callender's love for this self-centred nature; I think she was an artist, and as an artist, her experience is of value to art. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories I was a misanthrope, and the unhappiest sort of egotist—the kind that dislikes himself. A Student in Arms Second Series Even Adrian, whom I must confess to have regarded as an unblushing egotist, seldom delivered himself of an egotistical opinion. Jaffery Hardness of heart belongs to the selfish man, the egotist, to whom the gate is forever closed. Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold The man who is never abashed in the presence of womanhood, the man who tells his love without a tremor, is a shallow egotist. The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana The Devil is an egotist, And is not apt, without a why or wherefore, "For God's sake," others to assist. Faust He is that rarest of birds, a wholly delightful egotist. A Student in Arms Second Series He is likely to regard you as an egotist if you assert that he needs you. Certain Success He was of his time, and its laxness of principle and conduct; if he held within himself the potential scholar, statesman, and philosopher, there were also the skeptic, the egotist, and the libertine. Audrey Men are egotists, and absorb whatever comes in their way. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) But I acknowledge that an egotist doesn't make an agreeable picture, however charmingly you apologize for her. A Daughter of To-Day No, no, the devil is an egotist, And does not easily "for God's sake" tender That which a neighbor may assist. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe You run the risk of being judged a braggart and egotist when you talk up your good points; though you may be telling no more than the plain truth. Certain Success What an egotist you are, my dear fellow! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892 He was an intellectual force of the first magnitude and a master of dialectic; he was also an egotist through and through, and a man of strong passions. Historia Calamitatum But even now she did not think much or often of herself, for Cuckoo was no egotist. Flames In life's cycle it is common to see the egotist turn philanthropist, and the altruist, the idealist, lose faith and become an egotist. The Nervous Housewife "It's not because Mr. Delorme is an egotist, that you don't want to go away," said Susan, quietly. The Mating of Lydia He proved a great egotist and delighted to relate his own picturesque ambitions, though he had already confessed that these ambitions were modified. The Red Redmaynes The eldest girl, a considerable beauty, was an accomplished egotist at nineteen, and regarded her mother as a rather inefficient dame de compagnie. The Marriage of William Ashe Whitman's calm and poise was not that of the ice-encrusted egotist. Cosmic Consciousness It seems to me I am growing to be a dreadful egotist. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Nobody thinks of measuring himself with them, for the battle of life belongs to the egotists--each one of whom fights for himself. The Authoritative Life of General William Booth People without poise are, with very few exceptions, egotists who exaggerate their own importance. Poise: How to Attain It Paul speaks much of himself, but he is not an egotist. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) She turned to him--hypnotised, subdued, by the note of fierce accusation--by that self-pity of the egotist--which looked out upon her from the young man's pale face and tense bearing. Lady Connie I, the egotist, has for once nothing to say; but J recalls to me an extract from a conversation which took place during one of my parochial visitations. The Bed-Book of Happiness The man who has never felt or shown weakness is a contemptible egotist. Sweetapple Cove Thus the several cases concur to enforce the moral, that "an egotist like Falstaff can suffer no severer defeat than from the honesty which he believes not, and from the simplicity which he esteems not." Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England All the complaisancy of the egotist who has long and successfully shaped lives to his own ends was withdrawn; it left exposed the ugly inner side of the man. The Rim of the Desert You are an enemy of your son if you educate him to be an egotist and egoist. The New Ideal in Education Certainly he could not have been an egotist in the bosom of his family. Stage Confidences Sublime egotist that you are, everything is effect, color, mirages, decorations. The Cross of Berny No man not a colossal egotist could hear such a prophesy with indifference. The Beauty and the Bolshevist How sad my life must now be!--forced to shun all that is most dear and precious to me, and to live with such miserable egotists as ----, &c. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 Certainly, but Pain and Fear are egotists, and, in cases like that referred to, I never think the deceased, but only the survivors, are to be pitied. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Could an egotist win and keep such affection and gratitude as that? Stage Confidences The most thrilling figure is Tolstoi in his peasant smock, coming after the bitter egotists and conquerors. The Art of the Moving Picture The "poor nameless egotist" of the Confessions is not Charles Lamb. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 These sharp chastenings of friendship Burke endured with the perfect self-command, not of the cold and indifferent egotist, but of one who had trained himself not to expect too much from men. Burke No, sir, upon my honour, I am not egotist. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 357, February 21, 1829 No one cares to take up the task of informing the egotist who already knows it all. Laugh and Live Now you see what an egotist I am. A Young Girl's Wooing To pushing quackery a high example, A calm rebuke to egotist parade! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 17, 1891 I seem to hear you saying: 'And a fine egotist he'll be!' The Human Machine "So this exorbitant egotist narrowed, impoverished, and absorbed the power and existence of those who served him; and the universal cry of France and of Europe in 1814 was, Enough of him; 'Assez de Bonaparte.'" Ralph Waldo Emerson Thus the happy young egotists always talked, nowadays. The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard With all his strength he could be a gentle, sympathetic presence—thinking of her first, thoughtfully respecting her unspoken wishes, and not a garrulous egotist. A Young Girl's Wooing I am become an egotist to-night, for self is the only theme of which I can discourse. Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick Gleaned from Actual Observation and Experience During a Residence Of Seven Years in That Interesting Colony The average man is not half enough of an egotist. The Human Machine Lady Placid, in the opinion of all sensible persons in general, and myself in particular, is a vain, weak, conceited, vulgar egotist. Marriage He was an insensible egotist, and girls were wondrous. The Roll-Call "What selfish egotists we are over our picayune vexations!" A Young Girl's Wooing If Steel had been guilty—but he isn't, I tell you—no, but if he had been, just for argument, would she ever have looked—hush!—idiot and egotist!—No, but would she? The Shadow of the Rope But if egotism means selfishness, the serious student of the craft of daily living will not be an egotist for more than about a year. The Human Machine People are such downright egotists themselves, that they cannot tolerate egotism in others. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 583, December 29, 1832 When two confirmed egotists decide, for purely selfish reasons, to set up house together, everyone knows what will happen. Books and Characters French and English Left England heart-broken, the victim of two egotists and my sweet Mary's weak conscientiousness. A Perilous Secret I cannot endure the thought of ever being the peevish egotist, the exacting tyrant, which men are apt to become when they are thrown upon woman's love and long-suffering, as I am. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 We are not to compare Napoleon III. with Louis XIV., that sublime and ridiculous egotist, who seems never to have had a human feeling, except those feelings which humanity would be the better without. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator If we overcome, the satisfaction is deep and enduring,—which only goes to show that man is but a petty egotist, always drawing pictures of himself on a pedestal. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California |
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