Arrogance is a weed which grows upon a dunghill; it is from...

Arrogance is a weed which grows upon a dunghill; it is from the rankness of the soil that she has her height and spreadings: witness, clowns, fools, and fellows, who from nothing, are lifted up some few steps on fortune's ladder: where, seeing the glorious representment of honour above them, they are so eager to embrace it, that they strive to leap thither at once, and by over-reaching themselves in the way, they fail of the end, and fall.

Owen Feltham Quote About Weed, Growing Up, Fall: Arrogance Is A Weed Which...

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