Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man’s natural tendency is to egotism. Man, in ...

Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance. Man’s natural tendency is to egotism. Man, in his infancy of knowledge, thinks that all creation was formed for him.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton

English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician

May 25th, 1803 - January 18th, 1873

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