786 Quotes About Arrogance


  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they are shown their form or told their use.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will not condescend to recommend himself by external embellishments must submit to the fate of just sentiment meanly expressed, and be ridiculed and forgotten before he is understood.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength.

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  • Author Master Kwon
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    In the process of trial and error, Our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke humility.

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  • Author Morshed Khan
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    This is not a proposal but an ultimatum that smacks of arrogance of the minority in parliament.

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  • Author Alice Lowe
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    Confidence in a bloke would be arrogance in a woman. For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant.

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  • Author Bob Lewis
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    Arrogance is a veneer -- a thin covering of excuses hiding deep performance deficiencies.

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