Hubris Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “Oh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens.”

Michel de Montaigne

Religion, Human Nature, Creation, Hubris, Critique

2. “Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm or a flea and yet will create Gods by the dozen!”

Michel de Montaigne

Religion, Human Nature, Creation, Hubris, Irony

3. “Lifted up so high I disdained subjection, and thought one step higher would set me highest.”

John Milton

Pride, Ambition, Fall, Rebellion, Hubris

4. “Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.”

T.S. Eliot

Hubris, Unintended Consequences, Ego, Influence, Ignorance, Responsibility

5. “Thus it happens that those who have force on loan from fate count on it too much and are destroyed.”

Simone Weil

Power, Fate, Hubris, Destruction, Human Nature, Moral Lesson

6. “Everything gets easier when you walk away from the hubris of everyone. Your work is not for everyone. It’s only for those who signed up for the journey.”

Seth Godin

Focus, Hubris, Work, Audience, Purpose

7. “Pride ruined the angels.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pride, Fall, Humility, Consequences, Hubris

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