Arrogant Quote by Joanne Owen

“The hidden and awful Wisdom which apportions the destinies of mankind is pleased so to humiliate and cast down the tender, good, and wise;…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“The true business of the philosopher, though not flattering to his vanity, is merely to ascertain, arrange and condense the facts.”

— John Leslie

“None strive to know their proper merit But strain for wisdom, beauty, spirit And lose the praise that is their due When they've the…

— Mary Wortley Montagu

“Every man, however wise, who begins by worshipping success, must end in mere mediocrity. This strange and paradoxical fate is involved, not in the…

— G.K. Chesterton

“A foolish man clings to wrong views, mocks the teaching of the righteous, and invites ruin and destruction.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

“Herein lies the supreme wisdom, human and divine; and the task of philosophy consists in teaching men to submit joyously to Necessity which hears…

— Lev Shestov

“Such is the sleight of hand by which we juggle with ourselves, and change our very weaknesses into stanch and most magnanimous virtues!”

— Charles Dickens

“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion and somethings an indirect boast.”

— Jane Austen

“Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity . . . and the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.”

— Anton Scalia

“Determination is as common among men who are dull and foolish as it is among those who are brilliant intellects.”

— Christopher Paolini

“There is nothing more deceitful...than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes and indirect boast.”

— Jane Austen

“Take the case of courage. No quality has ever so much addled the brains and tangled the definitions of merely rational sages.”

— G.K. Chesterton