Quotes About Hubris

Baby man may brag of his science and skill, and however much, in a flattering future, that science and skill may augment; yet for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverise the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make.

however baby man may brag of his science and skill, and however much, in a flattering future, that science and skill may augment; yet for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make;

In his fiery eyes of scorn and triumph, you then saw Ahab in all his fatal pride.

man may brag of his science and skill, and however much, in a flattering future, that science and skill may augment; yet for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him

The proud heart feels not terror nor turns to run and it is his own courage that kills him

Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.

Nastes and Amphimachus, the illustrious sons of Nomion - but Nastes, chilldish fool that he was, Went into battle decked out in gold like a girl. But gold could not help him escape a horrible death at the hands of Aeacus' grandson, the swift Achilles, In the bed of the river, and Achilles, fierce ad fiery, Took care of all his gold.

he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion;

Patroclus equal of Ares came out; and that was the beginning of his end.

885]   "Brag while you can, Hector. Zeus and Apollo Have given you

The War-god has no favourites: he has been known to kill the man who thought he was going to do the killing

It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long.

Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God.

He cursed himself and cursed the hubris which had made him so sure the battle was won and the enemy in flight.

The Roman Empire collapsed due to war, overexpansion and rampant corruption. The British Empire dissolved due to cultural arrogance and imperialistic hubris. Sadly, as we devolve from Democracy to Idiocracy, America may become the first world power to crumble under the weight of its own stupidity.

And always remember: if men believe that they'll outlive an empire, they will.

There's a disease that young writers are susceptible to, which is, I will do this because I can - hubris, I suppose - without stopping to work out why.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

We are gods in our dreams. Disaster strikes when we come to believe the same is true in our real lives.

A civilization can as easily drown in what it knows as in what it doesn't know.

The idea of new imperial commissions gave Gaius a feeling of well-being starkly at odds with the horror of watching the amphitheater burn. There was no disaster so universal that it did not bring good fortune to someone. Was it hubris, to think such a thing?

History and legend conspire to convince us that there are men who rise above the common lot of humankind, who are set apart from the rest of us by birth or achievement or the favor of the gods; but no man, regardless of his pretensions to greatness, is immune from death, and the death of the so-called great is often more squalid and terrifying than the deaths of their most humble subjects.

To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.