I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.

I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.

You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.

Coarseness occurs in a land where platitude inflames this sense of entitlement to more of almost everything, but less of manners and taste, with their irritating intimations of authority and hierarchy.