Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, 'See, he is a wise man!' Is it not so?

H. Rider Haggard

Tags: wisdom intelligence knowledge learning humanity stupidity mankind arrogance futility foolishness



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Oh, Gods."
His eyes shone with want and predatory satisfaction. "The name's William. It's a common mistake.

Ilona Andrews

Tags: arrogance william ilona-andrews cerise bayou-moon the-edge



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You are arrogant," says the cat, "and you are in love. Either one of these things alone might be overcome, but together, they make for a stubborn combination.

Elora Bishop

Tags: love arrogance braided elora-bishop sappho-s-fables



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Through a strange kind of geographic arrogance, Europeans like to think that the world was a silent, dark, unknown place until they trooped out and discovered it.

Tahir Shah

Tags: adventure arrogance exploration



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I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

Oliver Cromwell.

Tags: truth power arrogance anarchy delusion civil-war republicanism



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For a more than miffed Midnight, fate was for emperors, fools and soppy lovers: - fate was the self-important egotism of those doing well, the sheer unbearable arrogance of the living and loved.

Tom Conrad

Tags: love fate afterlife chance arrogance fools destiny ghosts midnight-merlot rich-pickings-for-ravens tom-conrad



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I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be only associated with those crimes which present some difficulty in their solution.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Tags: sherlock-holmes arrogance put-downs superiority detectives crime-solving



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Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.

Terry Pratchett

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Love is the blind revelation of arrogance.

Lionel Suggs

Tags: love arrogance



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The arrogance of the human mind is too fragile, as well as the patience of the human character. It is because of that, they fail to see the power of mere observation and systematic analysis.

Lionel Suggs

Tags: humanity patience arrogance



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