Warning: Undefined array key "visitor_referer_type" in /var/www/vhosts/wordinf.com/core/app/libraries/Core.php on line 98
Friedrich Nietzsche - Arrogance on the part of the...
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Related topics

arrogance merit offensive

Related quotes

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level. View quote
Samuel Richardson
Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. View quote
Alexander Pope
The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. View quote
Jonathan Swift
Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity. View quote
Jean Henri Fabre
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change. View quote
Frank Lloyd Wright