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Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
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
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.
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.
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.
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.
...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.
...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.
There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.
There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.
