Superiority Quotes - Page 2

• A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.

  Lawrence G. Lovasik

  Sarcastic, Honesty, Humility

  Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.163, Sophia Institute Press

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• The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can.

  Moisés Mendelssohn

  Process, Profit, Theory

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• El privilegio característico del hombre es que el vínculo que acepta no es físico, sino moral, es decir, social. No se rige por un entorno material que se le impone brutalmente, sino por una conciencia superior a la suya, cuya superioridad siente. Como la mayor parte de su existencia trasciende el cuerpo, escapa al yugo del cuerpo, pero está sujeto al de la sociedad.

  Emile Durkheim

  Men, Society, Yoke

  Emile Durkheim (2005). "Suicidio: A Study in Sociology", p.213, Routledge

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• Be more than man, or thou'rt less than an ant.

  John Donne

  Men, Ants

  John Donne (1839). “The works of John Donne”, p.491

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• El orgullo atribuye una importancia indebida a la superioridad del estatus propio a los ojos de los demás; y la vergüenza es el miedo a la humillación por el estatus inferior en la estimación de los demás. Cuando uno se empeña en ser altamente estimado, y alcanza tal calificación, entonces automáticamente se ve envuelto en el miedo a perder el estatus.

  Laozi

  Corazón, Ojo, Orgullo

  "Tao Teh King". Traducido por Archie J. Bahm, 1996.

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• Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Thinking, Mirrors, Perspective

  Stephen Jay Gould (2011). “Full House”, p.73, Harvard University Press

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• Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

  George Washington

  4th Of July, Army, Numbers

  George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1777). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”, p.359

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• ¿Cuál es el hilo conductor de la civilización occidental que ha distinguido su trayectoria en la historia? Tiene que ver con la preocupación del hombre occidental por su dominio exterior y su sentimiento de superioridad.

  Arthur Erickson

  Men, Civilization, Preoccupation

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• The sun as the expression of old world energy is torn down from the heavens by modern man, who by virtue of his technological superiority creates his own energy source.

  El Lissitzky

  Men, Expression, Heaven

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• There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Differences, Excellence, Mediocrity

  Orison Swett Marden (1997). “Exceptional Employee”, p.125

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• The natural superiority of women is a biological fact, and a socially acknowledged reality.

  Ashley Montagu

  Women, Reality, Facts

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• The critics can say stupid things and we can enjoy them, if we have the legitimate feeling of superiority - the satisfaction of a duty accomplished.

  Paul Gauguin

  Stupid, Feelings, Satisfaction

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• La superioridad de algunos hombres es meramente local. Son grandes porque sus socios son pequeños.

  Samuel Johnson

  Greatness, Men, Littles

  Samuel Johnson (1782). “The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous”, p.231

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• Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

  William Shenstone

  Jealousy, Envy, Envious

  William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.137

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• La superioridad siempre se detesta.

  Baltasar Gracián

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• Perhaps no sin so easily besets us as a sense of self-satisfied superiority to others.

  William Osler

  Self, Sin, Satisfied

  Sir William Osler, Mark E. Silverman, T. J. Murray, Charles S. Bryan, American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine (2003). “The Quotable Osler”, p.9, ACP Press

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• Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Acceptance, Tolerance, Assuming

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• In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Black, Intellectual, Facts

  Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). "LOS PEORES AÑOS DE NUESTRAS VIDAS", Pantheon

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• Prefiero tener complejo de inferioridad y llevarme una grata sorpresa, que tener complejo de superioridad y que me despierten bruscamente.

  Vanna Bonta

  Inferioridad, Complejo de superioridad, Complejos

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• Every day confirms my opinion on the superiority of a vicious life, and if Virtue is not its own reward, I don't know any other stipend annexed to it.

  Lord Byron

  Life, Vices, Literature

  "Lord Byron", www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2008.

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• Pretensions to moral superiority are devastatingly destructive.

  Mary Douglas

  Moral, Pretension, Destructive

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• Spiritual superiority only sees the individual. But alas, ordinarily we human beings are sensual and, therefore, as soon as it is a gathering, the impression changes - we see something abstract, the crowd, and we become different. But in the eyes of God, the infinite spirit, all the millions that have lived and now live do not make a crowd, He only sees each individual.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Life, Spiritual, Eye

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• We are wrong to fear superiority of mind and soul; this superiority is very moral, for understanding everything makes a person tolerant and the capacity to feel deeply inspires great goodness.

  Bill Vaughan

  Understanding, Inspire, Soul

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• What sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which every one else is reading.

  Alice James

  Libro, Lectura, Dar

  Alice James (1934). "Sus Hermanos Su Diario"

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• Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.

  Honore de Balzac

  Friendship, Thinking, Negative

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