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"Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up."
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ConceitSeest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool — Conceit
"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him."
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An extended metaphor, also known as a conceit or sustained metaphor, is the use of a single metaphor or analogy at length in a work of literature. It differs from a mere metaphor in its length, and in having more than one single point of contact between the object described and the comparison used to describe it. These implications are repeatedly emphasized, discovered, rediscovered, and progresse
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