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If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, read more
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.
He is so plaguy proud that the death-tokens of it
Cry 'No recovery.'
He is so plaguy proud that the death-tokens of it
Cry 'No recovery.'
Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our read more
Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.
Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
So perish read more
Thus unlamented pass the proud away,
The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;
So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow
For others' good, or melt at others' woe.
