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.

These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the read more

These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes to heaven or hell.

Arrogance diminishes wisdom

Arrogance diminishes wisdom

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest read more

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

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.

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

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.

For all his learning or sophistication, man still instinctively reaches towards that force beyond. Only arrogance can deny its existence, read more

For all his learning or sophistication, man still instinctively reaches towards that force beyond. Only arrogance can deny its existence, and the denial falters in the face of evidence on every hand.

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny