Arrogance

Famous quotes containing the word arrogance:

    The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.
    Emma Goldman (1869–1940)