An arrogant man whose arrogance we see from his own behaviour is more tolerable than a humble man whose humility we hear of from his own mouth.
– Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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- Forgiveness doesn’t excuse their behaviour. It prevents their behaviour from destroying your heart. – Hemant Smarty
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- A humble man rises to great heights and an arrogant man falls deep into the pit he tries to dig for others. – Amit Abraham
- To put an arrogant ‘famous’ writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- I am hear to say I love you.I am hear to say I feel you.I am hear to say I care for you.I am hear to say, I really do. – Debasish Mridha
- English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and arrogant-down (directed at the small guy). – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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- Never confuse determination with arrogance. Arrogance will look down on you, determination will run over you. – Grant McLachlan
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- A paedophile is someone whose sexual attraction towards children their own age did not grow with them. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- A fool is someone whose arrogance is only surpassed by his ignorance. – Orrin Woodward
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- Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as beautiful as she is). – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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- Be humble, desire insight, squash arrogance, and be cognizance of unknown. – Pearl Zhu
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- Never fall for a man whose chief antagonist is himself, whose chief conversational partner is the man in the mirror when he shaves. – Stacia Pelletier
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- There’s a very fine line between being broke and being humble. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Shred the fake mask of humility into pieces. And put on the mask of arrogance if needed. – Abhijit Naskar
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- An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- From His eternal perspective, it’s tolerable to allow our temporary dreams to fall apart. – Jennie Allen
- What do you believe reveals more about a man’s character, his arrogance or his attempt to disguise it? – Aaron B Powell
- To take away a man’s sanity, answer all his prayers and solve all his problems. Or give him everything and everyone he wants. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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- A salary is, to a man’s employer, what his wife’s ?????? is to his wife: a tool used to (1) reward; and (2) control him. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- To leave a man’s ego bigger, retweet him. To leave his faculty of reasoning better, challenge his tweet. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- To a man, a woman is fun to be with -¦ until she gains weight. To a woman, a man is fun to live with -¦ until he loses his job. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Roseanne, Roseanne, if I called to you now, my own self calling to my own self, would you hear me? And if you could hear me, would you heed me? – Sebastian Barry
- Happy the man, whose wish and careA few paternal acres bound,Content to breathe his native airIn his own ground. – Alexander Pope