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Pride

«Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.»
«Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.»
Author: Baruch Spinoza (Philosopher) | About: Pride | Keywords: arising, highly
«Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall»
Author: Bible | About: Pride | Keywords: destruction, haughty
«Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy»
«Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of»
«Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.»
Author: Joseph Addison (Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman) | About: Pride | Keywords: haughty
«Pride comes before a fall»
Author: Proverb | About: Pride
«Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Pride | Keywords: inclines, overlook
«Pride had rather out of the way than go behind»
Author: Thomas Fuller (Clergyman, Writer) | About: Pride
«Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson (Author, President) | About: Pride | Keywords: costs, thirst

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