Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.

Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.

Is this that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario?

Is this that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario?

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

Pride is the mask of one's own faults.

Pride is the mask of one's own faults.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
- John Ruskin,

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
- John Ruskin,

Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
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Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave,
Man passes from life to his rest in the grave.