Pomposity Quotes
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I'm not saying that all college students are subhuman I'm just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these are places where you can be taught by undisputed experts.
— "The Clash" (December 1977), p. 235 (Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (1988))
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness , solemnity for science , and pomposity for erudition.
Charles Caleb Colton— Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon : or, Many Things in Few Words (1821), p. 109
