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Quote:Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.[Dwight Eisenhower]

Quote:There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.[Laurence Peter]

Quote:The essence of a self-reliant and autonomous culture is an unshakeable egoism.[Henry Mencken]

Quote:The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.[W. Somerset Maugham]

Quote:The leader of genius must have the ability to make differentopponents appear as if they belonged to one category.[Adolf Hitler]

Quote:I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.[J.R.R. Tolkien]

Quote:Ed, we just witnessed a peaceful transition in government. Do you realize how miraculous that is?...Today, tiny Cicely, Alaska, stood up and put another W in the win category for democracy. [Jeff Melvoin]

Quote:Ed, we just witnessed a peaceful transition in government. Do you realize how miraculous that is?...Today, tiny Cicely, Alaska, stood up and put another W in the win category for democracy. [Jeff Melvoin]

Quote:Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts. [Clare Booth Luce]



Definitions of: ego

Definition: The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; the subject consciously considered as “I” by a person; -- opposed to non-ego.

Definition: that one of the three parts of a person's psychic apparatus that mediates consciously between the drives of the id and the realities of the external physical and social environment, by integrating perceptions of the external world and organizing the reactions to it. Contrasted with the id and superego.

Definition: egotism; as, a job requiring a diplomat without too much ego.

Definition: self-esteem; as, he has an overinflated ego.

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