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Superiority Quotes (page 18)

A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent (which I cannot deny myself to be without being impious) will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The only feeling that a closer intimacy has created in him for his wife is that of indulgent contempt. As there is no equality between man and woman, so there can be no respect. She is a different being. He must either look up to her as superior to himself, or down upon her as inferior. When a man does the former he is more or less in love, and love to John Ingerfield is an unknown emotion. Her beauty, her charm, her social tact--even while he makes use of them for his own purposes, he... Jerome K. Jerome
There is exquisite pleasure in subduing an insolent spirit, in making a person pre-determined to dislike, acknowledge one's superiority.- Lady Susan Jane Austen
Every one who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe-a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble. Albert Einstein
The Whites have carried to these (colonial) people the worst that they could carry: the plagues of the world: materialism, fanaticism, alcoholism, and syphilis. Moreover, since what these people possessed on their own was superior to anything we could give them, they have remained themselves... The sole result of the activity of the colonizers is: they have everywhere aroused hatred. Adolf Hitler
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they..."
When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that's awfully hard not to poke. Barbara Kingsolver
Confucius quote: "A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything..."
A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard. Confucius
George Eliot quote: "Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in..."
Power of generalizing gives men so much the superiority in mistake over the dumb animals. George Eliot
Everybody has to feel superior to somebody," she said. "But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege. Truman Capote
...if you identify life with enjoyment I am told there is better brand of it in the cities than in the country parts and there is said to be a very superior brand of it to be had in certain parts of France. Did you ever notice that cats have a lot of it in them when they are quite juveniles? Flann O'Brien
Charles Francis Adams was singular for mental poise? absence of self-assertion or self-consciousness? the faculty of standing apart without seeming aware that he was alone? a balance of mind and temper that neither challenged nor avoided notice, nor admitted question of superiority or inferiority, of jealousy, of personal motives, from any source, even under great pressure. Henry B. Adams
For I consider brains far superior to money in every way. You may have noticed that if one has money without brains, he cannot use it to his advantage; but if one has brains without money, they will enable him to live comfortably to the end of his days. L. Frank Baum
Wilkie Collins quote: "I am (thank God!) constitutionally superior to reason."
I am (thank God!) constitutionally superior to reason. Wilkie Collins
Now, I thought, pushing my cart along, I have this job. Is this to be it? No wonder men robbedbanks. There were too many demeaning jobs. Why the hell wasn't I a superior court judge or aconcert pianist? Because it took training and training cost money. But I didn't want to be anythinganyhow. And I was certainly succeeding Charles Bukowski
To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero; panache is therefore a timid heroism, like the smile with which one excuses one's superiority. Edmond Rostand

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