"The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance."

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Source : Samuel Butler (1827). “The genuine poetical remains of Samuel Butler, with notes by R. Thyer. With a selection from the author's Characters in prose”, p.225

Samuel Butler

#Ignorance Quotes #Character Quotes #Pride Quotes

“There's nothing in the world that breeds success like success.”
“When negotiations are at an impasse, when States dig their heels in, it is time to 'undig' them in a spirit of compromise. We all need to unlearn the predator in us, unlearn discrimination, unlearn privilege.”

Source : "From New York to World’s Conflict Zones, UN Marks International Day of Peace". news.un.org. September 21, 2012.
“The Semantic Web isn't inherently complex. The Semantic Web language, at its heart, is very, very simple. It's just about the relationships between things.”
“When I worked at the White House in the mid-1990s, I would not have dreamed of sharing my beliefs on faith with my colleagues.”
“We have contact with alien cultures.”
“The unity and congruity of culture and nature, work and love, morality and sexuality, longed for from time immemorial, will remain a dream as long as man continues to condemn the biological demand for natural sexual gratification.”
“I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.”
“Chiropractic makes me feel a few inches taller each time I come out.”

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