113 Quotes About Hubris

I’ll tell you what fouls us up, Roy; it’s our goddamn superior intelligence!” She glared at her husband, her small, high breasts rising and falling rapidly. “We’re so smart––Roy, you’re doing it right now; goddamn you, you’re doing it now!

Nothing is more beautiful than to know all.

You feel humiliated, my young man, because thinking you understood so much so well, you suddenly find that many very apparent things were unknown to you. Thinking you were one of the Lords of the Galaxy; you suddenly find that you stand near to destruction. Naturally, you will resent the ivory tower in which you lived; the seclusion in which you were educated; the theories on which you were reared.

The son of Peleus pressed on in search of glory, bespattering his unconquerable hands with gore.

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

Let nothing human be considered divine.

Beware of puny two-legged creatures claiming to be made in the image of God.

Consider an achievement accidental if it is not coupled with modesty. Because if the achiever had endeavoured for it, it would certainly have killed their pride.