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Quotations about superiority

Yoshida KenkoIt is a great error to be superior to others....It is such pride as this that makes a man appear a fool, makes him abused by others, and invites disaster. A man who is truly versed in any art will of his own accord be clearly aware of his own deficiency; and therefore, his ambition being never satisfied, he ends by never being proud.

 - Yoshida Kenko

Tags:   error  humility  pride  superiority  

David HumeAmong well-bred people a mutual deference is affected, contempt of others is disguised; authority concealed; attention given to each in his turn; and an easy stream of conversation maintained without vehemence, without interruption, without eagerness for victory, and without any airs of superiority.

 - David Hume

Tags:   conversation  humility  manners  superiority  

David HumeThough men of delicate taste be rare, they are easily to be distinguished in society by the soundness of their understanding, and the superiority of their faculties above the rest of mankind.

 - David Hume

Tags:   intellect  superiority  understanding  

The real objection to the great majority of cats is their insufferable air of superiority. Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in Ancient Egypt they were worshiped as gods.

 - P.G. Wodehouse

Tags:   cats  Egypt  gods  superiority