Arrogance Quote by Edmund Burke

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.

— Albert Einstein

Books lie, he said. God dont lie. No, said the judge. He does not. And these are his words. He held up a chunk…

— Cormac McCarthy

“in 1788, he had become infatuated by the American republic and its spirit of “simplicity, goodness, and that dignity of man which is the…

— Tom Reiss

“Now this court will learn that I am the greatest in wit and courage. I am he whose writing the blind see and whose…

— Anonymous

“he had eyes lifted up to Heaven, the best of books in his hand, the law of truth written upon his lips, the world…

— John Bunyan

“God, if he believed in Him, and his conscience, if he had one, were the only judges to whom he was answerable.”

— Jules Verne

“Let us not, in the pride of our superior knowledge, turn with contempt from the follies of our predecessors. The study of the errors…

— Charles MacKay

“The Reverend William Trent, whose mind was of a serious order, had several times warned his elder sister that too lively a sense of…

— Georgette Heyer

“Mark Twain. "The truth should never be permitted to stand in the way of a good story.”

— Mark Twain

“But his main character flaw was that of so many French revolutionaries: a zeal for human rights so self-righteous that it translated into intolerance…

— Tom Reiss

“He knew there were two kinds of truth in this world. The truth that was the unalterable bedrock of one's life and mission. And…

— Michael Connelly

“When a man destroys his fellow, people say that such a one is a murderer. When one set in authority destroys, it is said…

— Kahlil Gibran