Arrogance never pays.

His ostentation and extravagance were deeply un Prussian.

Better to cut and run than stay and die, and who is to say that the result will embolden Taliban terrorists?

The fatal human instincts of greed and hubris can be tamed only with some elementary ethical norms.

The accident in the case of Belgium is usually placed in the early nineteenth century, the result of Napoleon s European empire collapsing and Dutch arrogance.

Churchill, in other words, became a symbol of presidential hubris in the US, even as the special relationship can be viewed as a symbol of British decline.

Other threats to world peace and stability, such as injustice and arrogance among States, radicalism and lack of education must also be given serious attention.

In Turkey, recent protests have highlighted growing opposition to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan s overweening power and divisive, religious based social policies.

A closer look reveals that President Hu Jintao s words and deeds are often shaped by a mixture of insecurity and cockiness, and that Chinese officials alternate between playing up and playing down the country s rise.