Quotes by Haughtiness Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Alexander Pope haughtiness vices pride The best manners are stained by haughtiness. Claudius Claudianus haughtiness manners I own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please. Edmund Burke haughtiness humanity men Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Joseph Addison haughtiness pride fall The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others. Jose Saramago haughtiness aliens attitude Tolerance is love sick with the sickness of haughtiness. Khalil Gibran haughtiness tolerance sick When pride and presumption walk before, shame and loss follow very closely. Louis XI of France haughtiness pride loss Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair. Ovid haughtiness companion pride Haughtiness lives under the same roof with solitude. Plato haughtiness roof solitude With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. Stephen Jay Gould haughtiness plato people The proud are ever most provoked by pride. William Cowper haughtiness proud pride Many persons, when exalted, assume an insolent humility, who behaved before with an insolent haughtiness. William Shenstone haughtiness assuming humility O world, how apt the poor are to be proud! William Shakespeare haughtiness pride world