--- title: "4 Superiority Men Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 4 Superiority Men quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Superiority Men sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/samuel-johnson-50_associates_the-superiority-of-some-men-is-merely-lo_827447.png" --- > [The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-superiority-of-some-men-is-merely-local-they-are-great-because/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/samuel-johnson-50_associates_the-superiority-of-some-men-is-merely-lo_827447.png) > [Censure is willingly indulged, because it always implies some superiority: men please themselves with imagining that they have made a deeper search,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/censure-is-willingly-indulged-because-it-always-implies-some/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/samuel-johnson-50_advice_censure-is-willingly-indulged-because-it_1024035.png) > [“We contended that whatever diminishes the sense of superiority in men makes them more manly, brotherly, and pleasant to have about; we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-e-willard/we-contended-that-whatever-diminishes-the-sense-of-superiority-in-men/) [Frances E. Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-e-willard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/frances-e-willard-25037_art_we-contended-that-whatever-diminishes-th_1249824.jpg) > [“A man cannot un-see the truth. He cannot willingly return to darkness or go blind once he has the gift of sight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-haythe/a-man-cannot-un-see-the-truth-he-cannot-willingly-return-to-darkness/) [Justin Haythe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-haythe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/justin-haythe-169788_a-cure-for-wellness_a-man-cannot-un-see-the-truth-he-cannot_1278550.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/superiority-men/#itemlist", "name": "Superiority Men Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The superiority of some men is merely local. 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