Arrogance Quote by Mark Twain

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad. I speak now, of course, in…

— Mark Twain

The gentle reader will never, never know what a consummate ass he can become until he goes abroad.

— Mark Twain

“but in the end, like a good squire and good servant, he let his love for his master prevail over his affection for his…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“I am an ass, indeed; you may prove it by my long 'ears. I have served him from the hour of my nativity to…

— William Shakespeare

“My dear child,' said the old gentleman, moved by the warmth of Oliver's sudden appeal, 'you need not be afraid of my deserting you,…

— Charles Dickens

“You have liberty to cast all your cares upon him who cares for you. By one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace,…

— John Newton

“It is, therefore, a great source of virtue for the practiced mind to learn, bit by bit, first to change about in visible and…

— Hugh of Saint Victor

“For the first time in years, he felt the deep sadness of exile, knowing that he was alone here, an outsider, and too alert…

— Colm Tóibín

“I regard myself as the most wretched of all men, stinking and covered with sores, and as one who has committed all sorts of…

— Brother Lawrence

“I beg you, alight and join your sorrow with mine: misfortune wanders everywhere, and settles now upon one and now upon another.”

— Aeschylus

“But there is a concerned guide, a knowing one, who attracts the attention of the wanderer, who calls out to him that he should…

— Søren Kierkegaard

“Never go in, miss. Never say a prayer at its door. If you are angry, do not seek revenge by the Laughing Maiden stone,…

— Douglas Clegg