The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last he does not concern himself about.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Pride Quotes

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself

An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself