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

Quote by Samuel Butler

Topics: Arrogance Quotes, Ignorance Quotes, Pride Quotes

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than...

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than...

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the...

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

The phrase 'unconscious humor' is the one contribution I have made to the current literature...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing...

I am; therefore, I think.

I am; therefore, I think.

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music...

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now...

It used to be that we in films were the lowest form of art. Now...

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim