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"Be not wise in your own conceits."
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Conceit"The world knows only two, thats Rome and I."
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
"Be not wise in your own conceits."
"Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works."
"It was Mr. Greenaways conceit, and a terrifically promising one, that in this "Tempest" Mr. Gielguds Prospero should also be a mirror image of Shakespeare at the end of his career, with a further association to the actor himself, nearing the end of his career as an actor."
"Conceit is the most contemptible and one of the most odious qualities in the world. It is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration."
"For what are they all in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet?"
"We go and fancy that everybody is thinking of us. But he is not: he is like us; he is thinking of himself."