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I might as well enquire,” replied she, “why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?

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Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.

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One cannot avoid a certain feeling of disgust, when one observes the actions of man displayed on the great stage of the world. Wisdom is manifested by individuals here and there; but the web of human history as a whole appears to be woven from folly and childish vanity, often, too, from puerile wickedness and love of destruction: with the result that at the end one is puzzled to know what idea to form of our species which prides itself so much on its advantages.

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My good opinion once lost is lost forever.

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Pride works _from within_; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without.

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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.

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[Heraclitus had] pride not in logical knowledge but rather in intuitive grasping of the truth.

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Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.

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At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

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And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

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You tell me: 'Life is hard to bear.' But if it were otherwise why should ou have your pride in the morning nad your resignation in the evening?

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Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

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This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.

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It is impossible without humility to enjoy anything - even pride.

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I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.

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He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.

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In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled with goodness, but with the opposite qualities of pride, craft and cruelty.

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The Land of Israel will be small, but the people of Israel will make it great. Not in opulence, but in eminence will their destiny be fulfilled, and the elixir of their pride will be distilled not out of dominion or far-flung borders, but out of the faithful and skillful building of the good society.

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O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.

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Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

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