Aesop Quotes, Pride Quotes

Pride goes before destruction.

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One thing I've learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much pride in their work and love the children they care for.

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

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As Americans, we can take enormous pride in the fact that courage has been inspired by our own struggle for freedom, by the tradition of democratic law secured by our forefathers and enshrined in our Constitution. It is a tradition that says all men are created equal under the law and that no one is above it.

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

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A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.

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Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride and have no prospect of great conquests; for them the easy prey - and that is what all who suffer are - is enchanting.

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

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A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity.

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I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.

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William James once made an acute point about the relationship between happiness and expectation. He argued that satisfaction with ourselves does not require us to succeed in every endeavour. We are not always humiliated by failing; we are humiliated only if we first invest our pride and sense of worth in a given achievement and then do not reach it.

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You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.

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A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.

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Shame is pride's cloak.

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Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, and fills up all the mighty void of sense.

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Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are.

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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I've been able to hang around longer than most "serious" acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.

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Take not thy thunder from us, but take away our pride.

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We neither of us perform to strangers.

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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.

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