When pride and presumption walk before, shame and loss follow very closely. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Act as if you don't know me, and i will make it seem as though you don't exist.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“Those who incessantly underestimate people will one day experience an incident that would make them want to plead everyone they had offended… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Cherubs fan our foolish fires, filling hearts with mad desires. They prick our pride and haughtiness with quick, angelic naughtiness.” — John Biccard Copy Share Image
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
“Belittling others is no pastime for those convinced of their own standing. There is terror behind haughtiness. It takes a punishing impression… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“I am a mage,” she replied with every ounce of haughtiness three years in a competitive doctoral program had taught her. “We… — Rachel Aaron Copy Share Image
When you see someone who is not as religious, remember that you were once on the edge of the fire, and it… — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
Over the whole, a young lady presided, whose gloomy haughtiness as she surveyed the street, announced a deep-seated grievance against society, and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
If we see pride among people who have no idea about Dharma, it is understandable. However, if afflictive emotions and haughtiness are… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
“Those who remarked in the countenance of this young hero a dissolute audacity mingled with extreme haughtiness ... could not yet deny… — Sir Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“Cyphel knew exactly how he felt about her as well — it was there in her expression whenever they spoke that beguiling… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Margaret could not help her looks; but the short curled upper lip, the round, massive up-turned chin, the manner of carrying her… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. He can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but pride mineth deeper; it is coiled as a poisonous worm about the foundations… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
Many persons, when exalted, assume an insolent humility, who behaved before with an insolent haughtiness. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
Pastoureau combines a charming, conversational tone with a haughtiness I found entirely endearing. A director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des… — Sebastian Smee Copy Share Image
![“Margaret could not help her looks; but the short curled upper lip, the round, massive up-turned chin, the manner of carrying her head, her movements, full of a soft feminine defiance, always gave strangers the impression of haughtiness. […] She sat facing him and facing the light; her full beauty…” quote by Elizabeth Gaskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/54f/elizabeth-gaskell-894_quote_margaret-could-not-help-her-looks-but-th_332320.jpg)
