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Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation read more
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny
The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny
It's only arrogance if you're wrong
It's only arrogance if you're wrong
Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.
Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.
...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.
...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it read more
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.