Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains read more

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

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.

Arrogance diminishes wisdom

Arrogance diminishes wisdom

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny

I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's War and Peace everyday.

I may not lead the most dramatic life, but in my brain it's War and Peace everyday.

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

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.