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This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.
This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation read more
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities
Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.
Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.
Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.
Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.
It's only arrogance if you're wrong
It's only arrogance if you're wrong
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it read more
Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.
Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.
For all his learning or sophistication, man still instinctively reaches towards that force beyond. Only arrogance can deny its existence, read more
For all his learning or sophistication, man still instinctively reaches towards that force beyond. Only arrogance can deny its existence, and the denial falters in the face of evidence on every hand.