COXCOMb quotes
Nature has sometimes made a fool; but a coxcomb is always of a man's own making.
A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first in his profession.
None are so seldom found alone, and are so soon tired of their own company as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves.
Foppery is never cured.—It is the bad stamina of the mind, which, like those of the body, are never rectified.—Once a coxcomb, always a coxcomb.
A coxcomb is ugly all over with the affectation of the fine gentleman.
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