Arrogance Quote by Patrick White

“One can't always be magnificent, but simplicity is always a possible alternative.”

— H.G. Wells

“What astonishes us most is to observe that everyone is not astonished at his own weakness.”

— Blaise Pascal

“. . . simplicity in its pure form can lighten up the tough.”

— Dr. Bee

“We should always be in pursuit of simplicity, in whatever form it takes.”

— Jeff Atwood

“Simplicity is an intellectual achievement, one of the greatest.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“another of their acquaintances finds himself mesmerised by the way that he 'always had something of ... rivetting stupidity to say on any subject'.”

— Craig Brown

“It was at such moments that for an instant he ceased to be a reasoning machine and betrayed his human love for admiration and…

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“It had been easier to present a self in full possession of pride and confidence.”

— Colm Tóibín

“Perhaps one aspect of arrogance lies in not being willing to accept what life sometimes expects one to accept.”

— Winston Graham

“He composed himself inwardly. Sparing the world his awkwardness, hiding vulnerability. Preserving his pride.”

— Julie Anne Long

“At Times, even he admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it, and in moments of painful…

— Nicholas Sparks

“Simplicity was abhorrent to his lordship; he revelled in a net-work of intrigue; he loved to accomplish the impossible.”

— Georgette Heyer