Arrogance

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Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ozymandias

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Topic

Arrogance Hubris

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

Ozymandias

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." The Examiner. London: Leigh Hunt and John Hunt, 11 Jan. 1818, l. 11.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 11.

I am not in the roll of common men.

William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 1

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Topic

Arrogance Self-assurance

Speaker

Glendower

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry IV, Part 1

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Statement Type

Boast

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 1. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The First Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015act 3, sc. 1.

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ozymandias

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Topic

Arrogance

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

Ozymandias

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." The Examiner. London: Leigh Hunt and John Hunt, 11 Jan. 1818, l. 10.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 10.

For it is impossible for any one to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows.

Epictetus

Discourses

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Topic

Lack of curiosity Learning Arrogance

Author

Epictetus

Source

Discourses

Medium

Lecture

Language

Greek

Time

108 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐπικτήτου διατριβαί, Epiktētou diatribai [The Discourses of Epictetus]. c. 108, bk 2, ch 17.

Current Citation

Epictetus. "The Discourses." Discourses and Other Writings, edited and translated by Robert Dobbin. Penguin Classics, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 17.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

Margaret Fuller

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Topic

Arrogance Intelligence

Author

Margaret Fuller

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Boast

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fuller, Margaret. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. Vol. 1, Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1852, pt. 4.

I'm not conceited-I'm convinced!

Little Richard

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Topic

Confidence Conviction Arrogance

Author

Little Richard

Source

The Arsenio Hall Show

Medium

Interview TV program

Statement Type

Boast

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Little Richard. The Arsenio Hall Show, written by Steven Alan Green, Paramount Domestic Television, 1990.