#inferiority

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#enjoy #friends #inferiority #most #people

No: I shall not marry Samuel Fawthrop Wynne." "I ask why? I must have a reason. In all respects he is more than worthy of you." She stood on the hearth; she was pale as the white marble slab and cornice behind her; her eyes flashed large, dilated, unsmiling. "And I ask in what sense that young man is worthy of me? ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#courtship #dignity #empowerment #equality #feminism

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#break #constantly #down #i #i am

There's not alcoholic in the world who wants to be told what to do. Alcoholics are sometimes described as egomaniacs with inferiority complexes. Or, to be cruder, a piece of shit that the universe revolves around. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#inferiority-complex #alcohol

Overconfidence blurs out the risk. Inferiority magnifies it. ↗

— Toba Beta

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