Man," I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!
Blind self-love, vanity, lifting aloft her empty head, and indiscretion, prodigal of secrets more transparent than glass, follow close behind.
He who considers himself a paragon of wisdom is sure to commit some superlatively stupid act.
The shame of fools conceals their open wounds. [Lat., Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat.]
Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.
To want to come to New York, you have to have a sense of wonder about the world and a foolish sense of worth about yourself. And I, too, had both of those things.
Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most.
The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.
Pride is a fool's fortress
The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one's self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.
To devote oneself to vigilance when the enemy is an imaginary one is idle, and to congratulate oneself for looking long and well for a foe that is not coming is foolish and sinful. My life has been a waste.
To show our simple skill, That is the true beginning of our end.
People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.
The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thinks himself undone.
Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.
Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.
Young men and fools sometimes bear pain they do not have to as a badge of their pride. Or their foolishness.
It is good sometimes that the happy of this world should learn, were it only to humble their foolish pride for an instant, that there are higher, wider, and rarer joys than theirs.
Why was it that pride and foolishness were so often close companions?
All a man has is pride. Sometimes you have it so much it is a sin. We have all done things for pride that we knew were impossible. We didn't care. But a man must implement his pride with intelligence and care.
Once a coxcomb, always a coxcomb.
If you're stupid and you're arrogant, you're going to get hurt.
A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
