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~ Shame is pride's cloak. ~ ~ Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself ~ ~ Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies ~ ~ Pride comes before a fall ~ ~ The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance. ~ ~ No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work. ~ ~ Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone ~ ~ Pride will spit in pride's face. ~ ~ Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments. ~ ~ Pride is the mask we make of our faults ~ ~ Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself. ~ ~ Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride. ~ ~ Pride and conceit were the original sins of man. ~ ~ Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. ~ ~ A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best part of which is underground ~ ~ Women love the lie that saves their pride, but never an unflattering truth ~ ~ My pride fell with my fortunes. ~ ~ Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men ~ ~ By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father ~ ~ Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel. ~ ~ Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay. ~ ~ Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity desires the esteem of others. ~ ~ There is this paradox in pride -- it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so. ~ ~ Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend. ~ ~ Humility is pride in Godî ~ ~ If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing passion) on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you. ~ ~ One may be humble out of pride. ~ ~ One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. ~ ~ He that is proud eats up himself; pride in his glass, his trumpet, his chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise ~ ~ What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars ~ |
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