Men's indignation it seems is more excited by legal wrong than by violent wrong the first looks like being cheated by an equal the second like being compelled by a superior.

People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation the world supplied the first model while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals but like God Himself if I may venture to say it.

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living creatures on the earth. His intelligence is far superior to that of any other earthly being.

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us no inferiority for which it cannot compensate.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

Incongruity they say is one of the main ingredients of humor. Maybe it's because everybody can feel superior to me. I honestly don't know.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.