The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. John F. Kennedy
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
Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance. Sun Tzu
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. Samuel Butler
The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled. Ross Perot
arrogance in Dutch is arrogantie, aanmatiging
arrogance in Italian is arroganza, alterigia
arrogance in Latin is flatus, superbia
arrogance in Norwegian is hovmod
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