Haughty Quotes

She was one of those women of good family who no longer exist, elegant, distinguished, and haughty, whose pallor and thinness seem to say, 'I am conquered by the era, like all my breed. I am dying, but I despise you,' and - devil take me! - plebeian as I am, and though it is not very philosophical , I cannot help finding that beautiful.

For some, life may be a playground to undermine the brainwaves of others or simply a vainglorious game with an armory of theatrics, illustrating only bleak self-deception, haughty narcissism and dim deficiency in empathy. ("Another empty room")

A session of boasting won't attract any real friends.  It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.

Those who incessantly underestimate people will one day experience an incident that would make them want to plead everyone they had offended in the world.