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“Some people were like that; they could not escape criticism, because they never quite managed to convince themselves of the role everyone believed they…

— Meredith Duran

“I probably felt more resentment for what I personally was to suffer than for the wrong they were doing to anyone and everyone. But…

— St. Augustine of Hippo

“Many arrogant people achieved powerful positions, ignoring people around them, but in the end they failed. They would give anything in the world not…

— Eraldo Banovac

“I am for the most part so convinced that everything is lacking in basis, consequence, justification, that if someone dared to contradict me, even…

— Emil Cioran

“Do you think your people struggle with being true to themselves? Do their values match up with their work?”

— Stan Slap

“The character of people varies, and it is easy to persuade them of a thing, but difficult to keep them in that persuasion.”

— Nancy Goldstone

“Be wary of those propagating too much about liberty, ideology, and civility; they just might be oppressors in the making.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar

“Deny people something they want, over a longish period, and they naturally start disagreeing about precisely what it is they do want.”

— Paul Scott

“Similarly, those who have been weaned off the self-aggrandizing attractions of political power are those who can then best be entrusted with it.”

— R.W.L. Moberly

“People don't like to be kept away from what they want. Especially when it appears within their reach. It makes one doubly angry.”

— Dave Eggers

“I cannot convince myself that my mental capacities are important enough to justify either the good or the harm they started.”

— William Golding

“Most people don't accept that they are an influence either improving or damaging others.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich