But I am deemed to be arrogant because I used my discretion.

We assume we know them better than they know themselves. We consider ourselves experts on their likes and dislikes, their needs and wants.

One should never be presumptuous and opinionated.

Why is so much of your self-esteem, your sense of self, caught up in the fact that little girls want little boys (or in some cases other little girls) to kiss them, rather than you?

Sure of himself, he took every opportunity to pass on his superior knowledge to his audiences.