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A vulgar man is captious and jealous; eager and impetuous about trifles. He suspects himself to be slighted, and thinks everything that is said meant at him. - 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession. - Charles Caleb Colton 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. - Charles Caleb Colton A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity. - Thomas Chandler Haliburton (used pseudonym Sam Slick) A coxcomb is ugly all over with the affectation of the fine gentleman. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") Once a coxcomb, always a coxcomb. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") A coxcomb is the blockhead's man of merit. - Jean de la Bruyere All the world says of a coxcomb that he is a coxcomb; but no one dares to say so to his face, and he dies without knowing it. - Jean de la Bruyere This is he That kiss'd away his hand in courtesy; This is the ape of form, monsieur the nice, That when he plays at tables, chides the dice In honorable terms; nay, he can sing A mean most meanly; and in ushering, Mend him who can; the ladies call him, sweet; The stairs, as he treads on them, kiss his feet. - William Shakespeare
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