Superiority

Famous quotes containing the word superiority:

“Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“The superiority of one man’s opinion over another’s is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)

“On his favourite subject of subordination, Johnson said, “So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.””
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)