"Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a more calculated sort of pride.
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“Our scientific world is our world of reasoning. It has its greatness and uses and attractions. We are ready to pay homage due to it. But when it claims to have discovered the real world for us and laughs at the worlds of all simple-minded men, then we must say it is like a general grown intoxicated with his power, usurping the throne of his king”
“The learned man knows that he is ignorant.”
“The worst man is the one who sees himself as the best.”
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“I have stopped smoking now and then, for a few months at a time, but it was not on principle, it was only to show off; it was to pulverize those critics who said I was a slave to my habits and couldn't break my bonds.”
“I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.”
“May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.”