Translation of "L'arrogance" in English

L'arrogance est l'art d'être fier de sa propre stupidité.

Arrogance is the art of being proud of one's own stupidity.

C'est de l'arrogance de penser que la technologie nous sauvera.

It is arrogance to think that technology will save us.

Il a eu l'arrogance de me demander de le marier.

He had the nerve to ask me to marry him.

La fierté tend à l'arrogance, qui touche à la folie.

Pride tends to develop into hubris, which is close kin to madness.

C'est le genre de tragédie grecque où l'arrogance engendre sa revanche.

It's sort of the classic Greek tragedy of hubris begets nemesis.

Malgré une supposition flatteuse du contraire, les gens s'accommodent facilement du pouvoir. Il y a peu de raisons de penser que le pouvoir des grands banquiers, alors qu'on les soupçonnait de l'avoir, était très mal vu. Mais comme en témoigneront les fantômes de nombreux tyrans, de Jules César à Benito Mussolini, les gens se montreront impitoyables envers ceux qui, ayant eu le pouvoir, l'ont perdu ou ont fini dans la déchéance. Puis à la colère contre l'arrogance passée s'ajoute le mépris de la faiblesse présente. La victime ou son cadavre subit toutes les indignités possibles.

Despite a flattering supposition to the contrary, people come readily to terms with power. There is little reason to think that the power of the great bankers, while they were assumed to have it, was much resented. But as the ghosts of numerous tyrants, from Julius Caesar to Benito Mussolini will testify, people are very hard on those who, having had power, lose it or are destroyed. Then anger at past arrogance is joined with contempt for the present weakness. The victim or his corpse is made to suffer all available indignities.