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Arrogance

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He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification. He who seeks gratification shall be disappointed. He who considers himself the servant of his fellow beings shall find the joy of self-expression. He who seeks self-expression shall fall into the pit of arrogance.

Moshe Safdie

"You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments; then the wind blows your footprints away." — Arlene Blum
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The highway cop said, "Walk a straight line." I said, "Well, Officer Pythagoras, the closest you could ever come to achieving a straight line would be making an electroencephalogram of your own brain waves." He said, "You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Do you wish to retain that right?" I thought, "Oooh, a paradox!"

Emo Philips

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Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Isaac Asimov

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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.

Mark Twain

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A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you and uses that to come to a complete vision of who you are.

Alain de Botton

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Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion.

Mina Bissell

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