"The antidote to hubris, to overweening pride, is irony, that capacity to discover and systematize ideas."

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Ralph Ellison

#Pride Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Irony Quotes

“There were many Americans in the Revolutionary era who believed that they, like the children of Israel, were oppressed by their colonial rulers, and they looked to God for deliverance from the tyranny of their pharaoh, George III.”

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“Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.”
“Part of the American dream is to own your own property - something no one can.”
“He'd be better off shoveling snow.”
“It is a paradox in the contemporary world that in our desire for peace we must willingly give ourselves to struggle.”
“After each creative act one has to be sustained by one's strength of character, by a moral sense, by I don't know what, lest one tumble.”
“My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.”
“The most Superior amongst the colors in the universe is the color of Devotion.”

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