Insolence Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson Download Open image “The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Insolence Insolence Power Invites Insolence Men Power Stupidity Stupidity Men Stupidity of man
In a stupid society, a clever man can come into the power; but in a clever society no stupid can come into the power! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When men can hate without risk, their stupidity is easily convinced, the motives supply themselves. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
Men have reacted very negatively to the power that is inherent in women. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
... men of power are seldom protected from their own infirmities by the men subordinate to them -- not even in the sad circumstances… — Abigail McCarthy Copy Share Image
Individuals achieve optimal stupidity when they're given substantial powers while being insulated from the results of their actions. — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Power is okay, and stupidity is usually harmless. Power and stupidity together are dangerous".” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. — John Milton Copy Share Image
The insolence of base minds in success is boundless; and would scarce admit of a comparison, did not they themselves furnish us with one… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and… — Ammianus Marcellinus Copy Share Image
Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mistaking insolence for freedom has always been the hallmark of the slave. — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
Wisdom and virtue are by no means sufficient, without the supplemental laws of good-breeding, to secure freedom from degenerating into rudeness, or self esteem… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
If a man is respectful he will not be treated with insolence. If he is tolerant he will win the multitude. If he is… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The imagination enlarges little objects so as to fill our souls with a fantastic estimate; and, with rash insolence, it belittles the great to… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Your sect [the Jews] by its sufferings has furnished a remarkable proof of the universal point of religious insolence, inherent in every sect, disclaimed… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
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